摘要
When Chinese people meet,rather than remark on the weather they gener- ally ask,"Have you eaten?"It is a question less frequently asked of neigh- bors and colleagues than the more global,"How are you?"Yet"Have you eaten?"is still the first greeting that the majority of Chinese people utter when they meet someone they know.Implicit in it is the Chinese apprecia- tion of food and gratitude for its abundance.
When Chinese people meet, rather than remark on the weather they generally ask, “Have you eaten？” It is a question less frequently asked of neighbors and colleagues than the more global, “How are you？” Yet “Have you eaten ？” is still the first greeting that the majority of Chinese people utter when they meet someone they know. Implicit in it is the Chinese appreciation of food and gratitude for its abundance.
