粮 liáng

food, grain, provisions

HSK 5 #1303

DEFINITIONS

  • food, grain, provisions
  • grain
  • food
  • provisions
  • agricultural tax paid in grain

STROKES

WORDS

粮食 liáng shi
HSK 5
foodstuff; cereals; CL:種|种[zhong3]
粗粮 cū liáng coarse grains (maize, sorghum etc)
粮仓 liáng cāng granary; barn; fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land)
口粮 kǒu liáng ration
干粮 gān liáng rations (to take on expedition)
食粮 shí liáng food cereals
弹尽粮绝 dàn jìn liáng jué out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits
粮票 liáng piào coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993
粮草 liáng cǎo army provisions; rations and fodder
军粮 jūn liáng army provisions
皇粮 huáng liáng lit. imperial funding for troops; funds or items supplied by the government
杂粮 zá liáng grain crops other than rice and wheat
储备粮 chǔ bèi liáng grain reserves
救济粮 jiù jì liáng relief grain; emergency provisions
钱粮 qián liáng land tax; money and grain (given as tax or tribute)
世界粮食署 shì jiè liáng shi shǔ World food program (United Nations aid agency)
干粮袋 gān liáng dài knapsack (for provisions); haversack
五粮液 wǔ liáng yè Wuliangye liquor; Five Grain liquor
交粮本 jiāo liáng běn to hand in one's ration cards; to die
公粮 gōng liáng tax paid in grain
兵精粮足 bīng jīng liáng zú elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces; preparations for war are in an advanced state
兵马未动，粮草先行 bīng mǎ wèi dòng ， liáng cǎo xiān xíng before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers; an army marches on its stomach
出粮 chū liáng (dialect) to pay salary
吃皇粮 chī huáng liáng lit. to eat from government coffers; to serve as a government employee; to live off government money
吃粮不管事 chī liáng bù guǎn shì to eat without working (idiom); to take one's pay and not care about the rest
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