simple meal eaten before tea is served

East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Vietnamese) tea ceremony; literally, “the way of tea”. / master of the tea ceremony

to eat / (archaic, humble) to eat or drink

general, common, ordinary

the general, the normal, the usual

in front (of) / before (in time)

in front of, before, ago,

before / in front

as far as ... is concerned; in terms of ...

a target, a mark, a bullseye / an objective, an object (of doing something)