膳食
shàn shí · HSK 7
meal
🍽️ 膳食 = 膳 prepared food + 食 eat/food = a proper meal
膳 means provisions or prepared dishes (the kind a kitchen serves up), and 食 is the everyday character for food or eating. Stack them and you get 膳食: the full spread of food eaten, i.e. a meal.