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1 Daocheng county (Tibetan: 'dab pa rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gān zī Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

稻子

dào zi

1 rice (crop)
2 unhulled rice

Sample Sentences

目前，中国是最大的水稻和小麦生产国。水稻、小麦、玉米三大谷物自给率超过95%。

mùqián ，Zhōngguó shì zuìdà de shuǐdào hé xiǎomài shēngchǎnguó 。shuǐdào 、xiǎomài 、yùmǐ sāndà gǔwù zìjǐlǜ chāoguò 。

Currently, China is the largest producer of rice and wheat. The self-sufficiency rate of rice, wheat and corn is over 95%.

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在以前的中国农村社会中，古人都有很多的常识，比如说他们知道太阳什么时候升起、知道怎么种稻、知道风什么时候开始吹。

zài yǐqián de Zhōngguó nóngcūn shèhuì zhōng ，gǔrén dōu yǒu hěnduō de chángshí ，bǐrú shuō tāmen zhīdào tàiyang shénme shíhou shēngqǐ 、zhīdào zěnme zhòng dào 、zhīdào fēng shénme shíhou kāishǐ chuī 。

In Chinese rural societies in the past, the ancients had a lot of common sense. They know, for example, when the sun rises, how to grow rice, or even when the wind blows.

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杂交稻比常规稻增产20%左右，每年增产的粮食可养活7000万人。

zájiāodào bǐ chángguī dào zēngchǎn zuǒyòu ，měinián zēngchǎn de liángshi kě yǎnghuo wàn rén 。

Production from hybrid rice is about 20% higher compared with conventional rice, and the annual increase in grain production can feed 70 million people.

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哎，不对，不对。你怎么拔稻子啊？割稻子是用镰刀割的，像这样，一只手抓住稻草，另一只手抓住镰刀，在根部上来一点的地方，用力地割下去。你看，这样多快！

āi ，bù duì ，bù duì 。nǐ zěnme bá dàozi a ？gē dàozi shì yòng liándāo gē de ，xiàng zhèyàng ，yī zhī shǒu zhuāzhù dàocǎo ，lìng yī zhī shǒu zhuāzhù liándāo ，zài gēnbù shànglái yīdiǎn de dìfang ，yònglì de gē xiàqu 。nǐ kàn ，zhèyàng duō kuài ！

Hey, that's not right! Why are you pulling up the rice? When we harvest, we use a sickle – like this: with one hand grab the rice straw, and with the other hand hold the sickle. Grab it a little bit above the root and cut it with force. See, this way it goes really quickly!

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大伯，天还是黑乎乎的，割稻子的时候会不会把手给割破了？

dàbó ，tiān háishì hēihūhū de ，gē dàozi de shíhou huì bu huì bǎ shǒu gěi gē pò le ？

Uncle, it's still pretty dark out. When you harvest the rice, won't you cut your hands?

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