Usages of wǔfàn
中午 我 一般 在 公司 吃 午饭。zhōngwǔ wǒ yìbān zài gōngsī chī wǔfàn.
At noon I usually eat lunch at the company.
我们 一直 在 学习， 下午 才 吃 午饭。wǒmen yìzhí zài xuéxí, xiàwǔ cái chī wǔfàn.
We were studying the whole time and only ate lunch in the afternoon.
她 一般 周末 不 上班， 会 跟 家人 吃 午饭。tā yìbān zhōumò bú shàngbān, huì gēn jiārén chī wǔfàn.
She usually doesn't work on weekends and will have lunch with her family.
他 连 午饭 都 没 吃， 因为 一直 在 开会。Tā lián wǔfàn dōu méi chī, yīnwèi yìzhí zài kāihuì.
He didn’t even eat lunch because he was in meetings the whole time.
中午 我 一般 在 学校 食堂 吃 午饭。zhōngwǔ wǒ yìbān zài xuéxiào shítáng chī wǔfàn.
At noon I usually eat lunch in the school cafeteria.
这 家 食堂 的 午饭 比 校园 外面 的 小 饭店 便宜 两 块。Zhè jiā shítáng de wǔfàn bǐ xiàoyuán wàimiàn de xiǎo fàndiàn piányi liǎng kuài.
The lunches in this cafeteria are two yuan cheaper than in the small restaurant outside the campus.
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