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lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later
dry rations
to grow crops / food growing
grain collected by the government as tax
coarse grains (maize, sorghum etc)
grain reserves
ration
commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency)
refined grain (rice, wheat etc)
grain transported by water (in ancient times)
grain crops other than rice and wheat
(slang) to be lovey-dovey in public
cat food
land tax / money and grain (given as tax or tribute)
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grain / food / provisions / agricultural tax paid in grain
autumn grain crops
surplus grain
food cereals
provisions are exhausted / out of food
grain bought by the state and resold to areas undergoing a grain shortage
to run out of food
(dialect) to pay salary
rations (to take on expedition)
lit. to eat from government coffers / to serve as a government employee / to live off government money
army provisions
(idiom) to stockpile provisions in preparation for war
dog food / (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗|单身狗 forced to "eat" it)
to lack food supplies
to pay taxes in kind (rice, cloth etc)
to be on the government payroll
lit. imperial funding for troops / funds or items supplied by the government
relief grain / emergency provisions
army provisions


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