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foodstuff / cereals / CL: 種|种
HSK 4
dry rations
to eat without working (idiom) / to take one's pay and not care about the rest
Wuliangye liquor / Five Grain liquor
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  *粮* | 粮* | *粮
grain / food / provisions / agricultural tax paid in grain
coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993
surplus grain
route for providing foodstuff
grain depot
granary / barn / fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land)
food cereals
army provisions / rations and fodder
to pay taxes in kind (rice, cloth etc)
rations (to take on expedition)
ration
autumn grain crops
coarse grains (maize, sorghum etc)
to grow crops / food growing
to run out of food
lit. imperial funding for troops / funds or items supplied by the government
grain collected by the government as tax
land tax / money and grain (given as tax or tribute)
grain crops other than rice and wheat
grain store
famine / critical shortage of grain
grain supply station
grain retailer (in former times)
lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later
army provisions
provisions (e.g. military) / forage / fodder
grain transported by water (in ancient times)
elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces / preparations for war are in an advanced state
wholesale grain store
relief grain / emergency provisions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency)
to lack food supplies
army provisions
provisions are exhausted / out of food
dog food / (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗|单身狗 forced to "eat" it)
lit. to eat from government coffers / to serve as a government employee / to live off government money
(slang) to be lovey-dovey in public
grain reserves
cat food
before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach
(dialect) to pay salary
food growing area
refined grain (rice, wheat etc)
World food program (United Nations aid agency)
knapsack (for provisions) / haversack
to hand in one's ration cards / to die
to be on the government payroll
out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits
major agricultural province
(idiom) to stockpile provisions in preparation for war
food and agriculture / grain farmer
grain crops / cereals
army provisions
grain bought by the state and resold to areas undergoing a grain shortage


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