It's time for dinner.
该吃饭了。
Dinner is ready.
正餐准备好了。
What is for dinner?
晚饭吃什么？
I was invited to dinner.
我受邀请赴晚宴。
Staff members in the dining hall and kitchen were so busy that they combine lunch and dinner to save time,” said head of the Qianmen outlet of Quanjude.
餐厅和厨房的工作人员非常忙碌，为了节省时间，他们把午餐和晚餐结合在一起，”全聚德前门分店的负责人说。
The awareness videos associate the "Drink More Water" concept with three typical social occasions: gathering at a casual bar, enjoying a business dinner and partying at a night club.
宣传视频将“多喝水”的概念与三种典型的社交场合联系在一起：在休闲酒吧聚会、享受商务晚餐和在夜总会聚会。
The three chefs — Antonio Guida from Mandarin Oriental Milan restaurant Seta, Alain Roux from Mandarin Oriental Bangkok restaurant Le Normandie, and Deiniol Pritchard from Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London restaurant Dinner by Heston Blumenthal — were invited to present their exceptional dishes during May, July and September respectively.
三位厨师——米兰文华东方餐厅Seta的Antonio Guida、曼谷文华东方酒店Le Normandie的Alain Roux和伦敦海德公园文华东方餐馆Dinner by Heston Blumenthal的Deiniol Pritchard——分别受邀在5月、7月和9月展示了他们的特色菜肴。
"In addition to opening two boutique stores in Haikou in 2021 and this year, respectively, the company has invested in areas such as premium services, including exclusive high-end dinners with clients and customized gifting ritual, as well as online sales channels and sustainable development to remain robust growth in China.
“除了2021年和今年分别在海口开设两家精品店外，该公司还投资于优质服务等领域，包括与客户的独家高端晚餐和定制礼品仪式，以及在线销售渠道和可持续发展，以保持在中国的强劲增长。
For the just-concluded Spring Festival holiday, Quanjude launched its premade Chinese New Year's Eve dinner packages, which encompassed the major regional cuisines of Beijing and Sichuan and Shandong provinces.
在刚刚结束的春节假期，全聚德推出了预制的中国年夜饭套餐，其中包括北京、四川和山东省的主要地区美食。
Fourteen Ritz-Carlton hotels across China held a unique gastronomic dinner event presenting a traditional French menu on a single evening in late October.
10月下旬，中国14家丽思卡尔顿酒店在一个晚上举办了一场独特的美食晚宴，展示了传统的法式菜单。
We enjoyed bringing thematic dinners to our guests to continuously create memories and unique experiences," said Hector Busto, general manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Tianjin.
天津丽思卡尔顿酒店总经理Hector Busto表示：“我们喜欢为客人带来主题晚餐，不断创造回忆和独特体验。
In 1911, under the wishes of Escoffier, the first Epicurean dinners were organized.
1911年，在埃斯科菲尔的意愿下，组织了第一次伊壁鸠鲁晚宴。
Its aim was to celebrate French gastronomy worldwide by hosting special dinners with the same menu on the same night in multiple restaurants across the globe.
其目的是通过在全球多家餐厅举办同一晚的同一菜单的特别晚宴，在全球范围内庆祝法国美食。
As a tribute to Auguste Escoffier, Disciples Escoffier International China and the Ritz-Carlton hotels in China partnered to revive the spirit of those dinners by hosting a unique gastronomic gala that features only typical recipes from that time created by Escoffier and served in the 14 Ritz-Carlton hotels in China.
作为对Auguste Escoffier的致敬，Disciples Escoffier International China和中国的丽思卡尔顿酒店携手举办了一场独特的美食盛宴，重振了这些晚宴的精神。这场盛宴只展示了Escoffier创作的当时的典型食谱，并在中国的14家丽思卡尔顿饭店提供。
This is the first time that The Ritz-Carlton, Tianjin brings the Escoffier Gastronomic Dinner to Tianjin, to create a unique experience to guests in Tianjin with the culinary spirit of Auguste Escoffier at ZEST.
这是天津丽思卡尔顿酒店首次将Escoffier美食晚餐带到天津，以ZEST的Auguste Escoffier的烹饪精神为天津客人创造独特的体验。
Our leisure time is easygoing, and now I have my hobby－enjoying an evening outdoors after dinner each day.
我们的休闲时间很轻松，现在我有了自己的爱好——每天晚饭后在户外度过一个晚上。
Wang Minghui, who is in charge of ready-to-cook dinners at JD's fresh food unit, said the transaction volume of precooked dishes surged about 200 percent between May 23 and June 1, the presale period of the June 18 shopping carnival.
京东生鲜部门负责即食晚餐的王明辉表示，5月23日至6月1日，即6月18日购物狂欢节的预售期，预制菜的交易量激增了约200%。
"We have seen our customers explore creative ways of eating hotpot at our restaurants and the new hotpot soup was also created based on the big data derived from our 80 million dinners," said Song.
宋说：“我们已经看到我们的顾客在我们的餐厅探索了创造性的火锅吃法，新的火锅汤也是基于我们8000万次晚餐的大数据创建的。”。
With its low alcohol, rich taste and ready-to-drink features, Lemon-Dou offers young people a fresh choice when they want to have a drink with friends during weekends, at dinner or while watching TV at night, said Coca-Cola.
Plant Plus products for retail consumers include dumplings, steamed stuffed buns, spaghetti bolognese, beef mince and pork mince, chicken nuggets and sausages, and have been designed to cater to the Chinese diet in a number of scenarios, such as family dinners, office workers, late-night overtime crunchers and three-generation families.
Harvest Gourmet products for individual retail consumers include chicken nuggets, kung pao chicken, braised meatballs, braised pork belly, sausages and have been designed to cater to the Chinese diet in three main scenarios: family dinners, late-night overtime and three-generation families.
"Before, during the weekdays, many people are just coming home and having a very quick dinner.
The launch of the toys follows on from the success of popular sets Dragon Boat Race, Dragon Dance and Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner, which were also created to mark Chinese festivities.
There are reports of striking workers going to United Way, food pantries and other charities for help, and communities putting on free dinners.
"This new investment will help Chuzhou and local farmers prosper as they work with us to deliver protein to dinner tables around the world," said Marcel Smits, chairman of Cargill Asia Pacific.
People in Spain don’t eat dinner till 10 o’clock.
For long, the latter have been branding themselves as prestigious national drinks for formal occasions - banquets, business dinners, expensive weddings, celebrations.
The young are usually forced to drink baijiu as part of good manners at dinner tables.
The donation of 10 million Namibia dollars ($722,000) to the Namibia Shack Dwellers Federations was announced at a gala dinner held on Monday evening in Windhoek at the 10-year partnership celebrations between MTC and Huawei.
Toward this end, Ai invites about 10 staff representatives from different departments every week for lunch or dinner, during which they brainstorm, a process that also helps improve organizational communication.
The woman, who described it as a trap, said she was really drunk at a party of about 20 men and four women hosted by Liu on Aug 30, which ended around 9:30 pm as indicated by the dinner receipt, Reuters reported.
She wrote that Liu had forced her to have sex with him at her apartment after a dinner party.
"A lot of relations and connections are already forming (between China and Pittsburgh), so we want to continue that along," he said during a welcome dinner the city organized for the Chinese visitors on Friday.
The company also entered the ride-hailing sector recently to link dining with transportation, where users can directly book a taxi where they reserved a restaurant table for dinner.
It is often served at special occasions in China, from Chinese New Year dinners and wedding receptions to business banquets.
The peak season falls on Feb 17 and 18, the second and third day of the Lunar New Year, as Chinese tourists typically take a trip after finishing their family reunion dinners.
Banga received USCIB's International Leadership Award at a gala dinner at the United Nations headquarters in New York, in recognition of Mastercard's ongoing leadership to extend the benefits of an expanding economy to all segments of society.
Zhang said this during a welcoming dinner for the visiting Moutai delegation held in the capital Windhoek Monday.
The company already has 25,000 hosts in 130 countries who are eager to have strangers over to dinner.
"It's traditional for French dinners to last three hours, but we found some Chinese tourists won't want to spend that long at the table," Petit said.
With more people ordering Moutai for family dinners and banquets, retailers said they are experiencing a shortage, and expect a further jump in business with the arrival of the festival.
Kweichow Moutai, a distilled Chinese liquor produced in southwestern Guizhou province, is considered the country's national liquor and is often served on official occasions such as State banquets, not to mention on many family dinner tables throughout the nation.
Bookings for the dinner on the Spring Festival eve have also entered the peak period.
Data from Meituan and Dianping show search volume for the dinner on the Spring Festival eve rose 40 percent from last week.
Geographically, residents in the first tier cities attach greater importance to the dinner on the Spring Festival eve.
Statistics from Meiduan and Dianping show Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou, and Shenzhen rank the top five in term of booking volumes for the eve's dinner around the country.
As for activities planned for the break, 97 percent of young individuals will prioritize "food and drinks", 55 percent will focus on activities imbued with festival vibes, 36 percent plan to participate in Lunar New Year dinner preparations, 36 percent will take part in indoor entertainment and recreational activities while some 30 percent will focus on healthy activities and gift giving.
The decline in prices of pork - a staple for Chinese dinner tables - narrowed from 31.8 percent in November to 26.1 percent in December.
Prices for pork - a staple for Chinese dinner tables - decreased by 22 percent in September compared with a year earlier, while fresh vegetable prices dipped by 6.4 percent year-on-year.
"The restaurant has become busy and crowded in the evening, with a continuous stream of customers coming for dinner.
But Shanghai was the priciest city for business class flight and degustation dinners last year, according to the report.
"My 'joy combo' of dinner, beer, and movies have finally made its comeback," said Zhang Hongliang, a Beijing resident who joined his friends for the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar: The Way of Water at a cinema in Haidian district.
Builders missing out on dinners at the construction site never suffered from hunger as residents would invite them to their homes," Yu said.
"Though I'm under some financial burden, having brunch or dinner with friends and family members is important to me.
In recent years, more and more tech firms have integrated their red-envelope activities with traditional Chinese elements such as the legendary monster named Nian, Spring Festival couplets and family dinners.
Wang Shouwen, China's vice-minister of commerce, said in a speech via a video link at the 43rd Canada-China Business Council business dinner in Beijing on Wednesday that there is still big potential for boosting trade between China and Canada, and efforts are needed to seize the opportunities in global economic recovery to further expand bilateral cooperation.
Apart from its well-known brands such as Haagen-Dazs and dinner kits brand Wanchai Ferry, General Mills will bring into the Chinese market for the first time its high-end pet food brand Blue Buffalo.
For instance, visitors can have dinner at a restaurant with penguins walking about.
Products and services related to Lunar New Year's Eve dinner surged 78.8 percent from the Spring Festival holiday in 2020, while online sales of movie tickets spiked 412.7 percent on yearly basis to surpass 9 billion yuan, the data shows.
As a reward, each of them would receive an allowance, a big New Year's Eve dinner, red envelops as well as gift packages for their parents and family at home, said Cheng.
Merchants are also targeting different groups of people by providing customized take-away meal kits, such as single-person dinner packages and family reunion dinner packages for six to 10 persons, in a bid to attract more consumers.
Merchants are also targeting different groups of people by providing customized takeaway meal kits, such as single-person dinner packages and family reunion dinner packages for six to 10 persons, in a bid to woo more consumers.
The post-1995 generation has accounted for more than half of the consumers who have already purchased products for the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, and they are increasingly willing to prepare Lunar New Year's Eve dinners for family members, according to Taobao, Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group's online marketplace.
Zhang Peng, head of food and fresh produce industry at Alibaba's Taobao and Tmall Group, said young people's pursuit of a "sense of ritual" is forming a new consumption trend, and "new varieties" of family reunion dinners alongside more trans-regional cuisines will appear on dining tables this holiday.
Gu spent around 3,000 yuan to order an at-home Chinese New Year's Eve dinner from a chef-on-demand platform.
Yu, a 35-year-old housewife in Beijing, said, "My family seldom has jam during dinner and the annual purchase of such products is more or less four to five jars.
HAIKOU — Imagine a place where you can ride a motorboat in the blue sea, sip coffee while reading in a seaside bookstore, enjoy a candlelight dinner or simply unwind with some self-brewed tea on the beach under the starry night sky.
On Valentine's Day, which fell on Tuesday, many couples chose to celebrate it with a romantic dinner.
"Thanks to the ready-made food I had purchased online, we enjoyed a decent Spring Festival dinner," said Chen, who lives in East China's Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province.
Over half of the customers surveyed said they would buy ready-made dishes for their family reunion dinner.
With an improved fresh food supply chain and more healthy, characteristic recipes to accommodate a wider variety of appetites, ready-made food is expected to become more dominant on Chinese people's dinner tables, Bai said.
The demand for dinner, hot pot and tea drinks is expected to be strong during family reunions and friends gatherings in this year's Spring Festival, according to the study into chain catering and tea drinks companies.
With Lunar New Year around the corner, Crowne Plaza Beijing Zhongguancun has launched four Family Reunion Dinner set menus at its Rouge Chinese restaurant.
Multi-award-winning chef Li Aixiong from Guangzhou, Guangdong province, has been invited to the hotel to help craft the Family Reunion Dinner.
Shangri-La Qiantan Shanghai will embrace the Year of the Rabbit with a New Year's Eve dinner, premium poon choi, lo hei and other delicacies, also including colorful festival gifts.
Many restaurant chains in major Chinese cities are witnessing a boom in reservations for Lunar New Year's Eve family reunion dinners on Jan 21.
Quanjude, one of China's best-known roast duck restaurant chains, has seen its Olympic Village branch — which has some 400 dining seats, including those in the main hall and 17 private rooms — fully booked for dinners on Jan 21.
"In the past few days, we have received an increasing number of inquiries about family reunion dinners.
With strong price competitiveness, foodstuffs imported from China have been increasingly appearing on dinner tables there, South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported.
This boosts sales of takeaway dinners and midnight snacks, thus driving new growth in the catering and online consumption sectors during a typically slow season.
"After dinner, our child joined others in a frisbee game, played with a remote-controlled car and went skateboarding while we relaxed in the tent.
"The partially prepared dishes are an ideal choice for young people like me who just have basic cooking skills but still want to make a big dinner.
- While 35-year-old Dai Ji loves to host dinner parties, she does not have the same passion for cooking.
The idea is inspired by a survey conducted by Freshippo late last year, which found that around half of Spring Festival dinners will be led by people aged between 30 and 35.
With chilly weather in the northern part of China, indoor activities such as going for dinner, watching performances and shopping have attracted many tourists, according to Mafengwo, a travel service and social networking platform.
An elder Beijinger surnamed Qiao finds it easy to enjoy a family dinner with his wife and child who prefer Western food.
When it comes to consumption, dinner catering takes the major part.
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Such options have made it more convenient for diners who cannot afford time for an official dinner in brick-and-mortar restaurants.
Meanwhile, staff members of some finance, technology and service companies tend to order group meals for lunch or dinner.
For instance, global hospitality company Hilton has launched a torrent of Lunar New Year's Eve Dinner packages, take-away services, and festive-themed items, as it witnessed a surge in Spring Festival dining bookings at many of its hotels.
Ready-to-cook dinners and set meals for one to two are likely to become a big hit during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, as some provinces and municipalities have called on residents to stay where they work during the period in a bid to reduce the chances of the novel coronavirus contagion.
Searches for "New Year's Eve dinner" on food delivery platform Ele.
me said ready-to-cook dinners and set menus suitable for one or two will better meet consumption demand from younger diners in first and second-tier cities who can't return to their hometowns during the Spring Festival holiday.
In addition, some merchants are planning to launch deluxe New Year's Eve dinner packages for singles.
E-commerce giant JD's fresh food supermarket 7Fresh has also launched customized Lunar New Year's Eve dinner packages for two to 10 people, covering seafood dishes such as lobsters, steamed sea bass and some local specialties.
The number of restaurants and stores offering festive takeout dinners surged by about 30 percent this year compared with same period last year, with sales of semi-cooked dishes expected to rise 20 percent on a yearly basis.
"Meanwhile, our living habits have also changed, as ordering festive takeout dinners is a new way to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year.
"Having dinners at restaurants or placing an order on food delivery platforms on Lunar New Year's Eve can save a lot of time and energy, and such dishes are more diversified and they have gained the attention of young consumers in recent years.
Hema Fresh, a fresh food chain backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba, has provided pre-order services for Lunar New Year's Eve dinners in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou since early January.
The search volume of local tourism and surrounding areas jumped 137 percent, with the Lunar New Year's Eve dinner, hot spring, skiing and parent-child campaign the hot words on the search engine, said Lvmama, another online travel agency.
Later, seeing how cake sales were growing every year, we decided to sell mooncakes, dumplings, and customized pet dinners for New Year's Eve," said He.
He Lixin, 23, a public relations practitioner in Beijing, drinks a bottle of a meal replacement shake at dinner about once or twice a week, when she does not want to cook a meal for herself.
That's when she began consuming a women's multivitamin tablet every morning, complemented by an acai berry capsule each at lunch and dinner, topped off by a bilberry lutein tablet before going to bed.