- 白米饭 báimǐfàn cooked white ricewhite rice that has been cooked
- 米饭钱 mǐfànqián living expensesmoney for daily sustenance and board; subsistence costs
- 老米饭捏杀不成团 lǎomǐfànniēshābùchéngtuán old rice cannot be kneaded into a ballRice cooked from aged grains lacks stickiness and cannot be shaped into a ball; used as a metaphor to describe people who lack mutual affection and cannot be forced to live or work together successfully.
