"我是吃货，喜欢每天吃不一样的菜。"
Translation:I'm a foodie. I like to eat different foods every day.
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吃货 = foodie? Is this a recent slang word? In my dictionary 吃货 has always been "good-for-nothing" (literally a "ware" which can only eat but do nothing useful).
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I wasn't aware of either definition (Chinese isn't my native language), but I looked at an online dictionary, and it says that 吃货 can mean both "good-for-nothing" and "foodie". There's a note by the "foodie" definition that says "now more common". I'm not sure if that means that the "foodie" definition is more common than the "good-for-nothing" definition, or if the "foodie" definition is more common now than it used to be.
The popup help when you hover over 每天 is wrong. It says "everyday" which is an adjective meaning "mundane, dull, not special". Perhaps Chinese 日常. It should say "every day", like it does correctly in the English version of the sentence.
"I'm a foodie. I like eating different dishes every day" was rejected but I think it's ok
Please report it next go round if you haven't already done so! With Mandarin being in the beta phase, the more suggestions now, the better the course will be in the future. :)
I think it's more natural to say "different things" at least with "eat". "Eat" is currently accepted as well as "try" but only with "foods" and not "things".
A 'meal' is an eating time, for example 'breakfast', 'lunch', 'dinner', or it could refer to the food you are eating at such a specified time (ex. That meal was very tasty!). If you are eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day, you are already eating different meals. However, that doesn't specify the exact food you are eating - you could be eating the same food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but still have different meals. That's why it's necessary to say something along the lines of 'I like to try different foods every day'.
I'm a foody. I like to eat different things every day.
I accept.perhaps my spelling was off, but it's very natural to say eat things....once again, debating on permissable English rather than focusing on learning Chinese...frustrating app sometimes!
