China pays great attention to manners, even when it comes to food.
In China, it's common to1 a friend or a business partner to have dinner together in a restaurant. When at table, we should let the other side2 the menu and choose what they'd like to eat first.
Filial piety（孝顺）also 3 an important part in Chinese culture. When eating with elderly people, it's good manners to pass food to the elderly first. If a dish is very 4 , we should let the elders have more of it.
There are some important things that have 5 to do with the use of chopsticks. One of the most impolite things that we should 6 do is putting our chopsticks into a bowl of rice . It's also not7 to point our chopsticks at other people.
8 , noisy eating is regarded as impolite behavior in China. And many Chinese people like to use toothpicks（牙签）to clean their teeth9 they finish eating. When using toothpicks to clean our teeth, always remember to use one of our hands to10 our mouth. What's more, it's considered impolite to leave a toothpick between our lips when talking to someone.
