粮食 (糧食)
liáng shi
Pinyin

Definition

粮食 (糧食)
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liáng shi
  1. foodstuff
  2. cereals
  3. CL:種|种[zhǒng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

美食
měi shí
  1. 1 culinary delicacy
  2. 2 fine food
  3. 3 gourmet food
零食
líng shí
  1. 1 between-meal nibbles
  2. 2 snacks
食
shí
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 animal feed
  4. 4 eclipse
食品
shí pǐn
  1. 1 foodstuff
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 provisions
  4. 4 classifier: 种 zhǒng
食物
shí wù
  1. 1 food
  2. 2 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (20)

三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3 in dire straits
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
因噎废食
yīn yē fèi shí
  1. 1 lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
  2. 2 to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
宵衣旰食
xiāo yī gàn shí
  1. 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
  2. 2 diligently attending to official matters
寝食难安
qǐn shí nán ān
  1. 1 lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely worried and troubled

Sample Sentences

1949年到2018年，中国粮食总产量增长近5倍，人均产量翻一番。
nián dào nián ，Zhōngguó liángshi zǒngchǎnliàng zēngzhǎng jìn bèi ，rénjūn chǎnliàng fānyìfān 。
From 1949 to 2018, China's total grain output increased nearly five-fold, and per capita output doubled.
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从黑龙江到岭南，13个地区为中国贡献了75%以上的粮食产量。由于粮食生产和人口分布的差异性，必须通过“北粮南运”解决南方的粮食需求。
cóng Hēilóngjiāng dào Lǐngnán ， ge dìqū wèi Zhōngguó gòngxiàn le yǐshàng de liángshi chǎnliàng 。yóuyú liángshi shēngchǎn hé rénkǒu fēnbù de chāyìxìng ，bìxū tōngguò “běiliángnányùn ”jiějué nánfāng de liángshi xūqiú 。
From Heilongjiang to Lingnan, 13 regions contribute to more than 75% of China's grain production. Due to the differences in food production and population distribution, food demand in the South has to be solved through the “Northern Grain and South Transportation”.
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虽然粮食主产区分布广泛，但中国只有占全球7%的可耕地，要养活占全球20%的人口，因建设占用、灾毁、生态退耕等耕地面积持续减少。
suīrán liángshi zhǔchǎnqū fēnbù guǎngfàn ，dàn Zhōngguó zhǐ yǒu zhàn quánqiú de kěgēngdì ，yào yǎnghuo zhàn quánqiú de rénkǒu ，yīn jiànshè zhànyòng 、zāihuǐ 、shēngtàituìgēng děng gēngdì miànjī chíxù jiǎnshǎo 。
Although the main grain producing areas are widely distributed, China only has 7% of the world's arable land, and it has to feed 20% of the world's population. The area of cultivated land such as construction occupation, disasters, and ecological farmland has continued to decrease.
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由于科技的进步，中国粮食单位面积产量是1949年的5倍。
yóuyú kējì de jìnbù ，Zhōngguó liángshi dānwèi miànjī chǎnliàng shì nián de bèi 。
Due to advances in science and technology, the output per unit area of China's grain is five times that of 1949.
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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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今天，中国政府对于粮食生产的要求，不仅是让14亿人“吃饱”，还要“吃好”。
jīntiān ，Zhōngguó zhèngfǔ duìyú liángshi shēngchǎn de yāoqiú ，bùjǐn shì ràng yì rén “chībǎo ”，hái yào “chīhǎo ”。
Today, the Chinese government's requirements for food production is not only to allow 1.4 billion people to "be full" but also to "eat well."
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同时，用更少的水和其他资源，生产更多、更好的粮食。
tóngshí ，yòng gèngshǎo de shuǐ hé qítā zīyuán ，shēngchǎn gèngduō 、gènghǎo de liángshi 。
At the same time, produce more and better food with less water and other resources.
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啊，那怎么办？连合格的粮食都种不出来了，我们可怎么活呀？
ǎ ，nà zěnme bàn ？lián hégé de liángshi dōu zhòng bu chūlái le ，wǒmen kě zěnme huó ya ？
What? Then what are we going to do? If we can't even grow safe grain, how are we supposed to live?
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现在农村还是一家一户生产，粮食成本太高，粮价又不像房价，不可能大涨。种地收成低，基本是靠天吃饭。农村留不住人，很多农民为了打工都把地荒了。
xiànzài nóngcūn háishì yī jiāyīhù shēngchǎn ，liángshi chéngběn tài gāo ，liángjià yòu bù xiàng fángjià ，bù kěnéng dà zhǎng 。zhòngdì shōucheng dī ，jīběn shì kào tiān chīfàn 。nóngcūn liú bu zhù rén ，hěn duō nóngmín wèile dǎgōng dōu bǎ dì huāng le 。
Nowadays families still support themselves in the countryside, but the cost of growing food is high and food prices can't possibly rise as quickly as housing prices. If their harvest yield is low, they're basically at the mercy of the elements. The countryside can't retain people; many peasants are leaving their land uncultivated to go find work.
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是啊！先犁地，再插秧。以后还要定期除草，除虫，施肥。这样才有粮食吃。
shì a ！xiān lídì ，zài chāyāng 。yǐhòu hái yào dìngqī chúcǎo ，chúchóng ，shīféi 。zhèyàng cái yǒu liángshi chī 。
That's right! First, we plow the field, and then transplant the rice seedlings. After that, we have to routinely weed, do extermination, and fertilize. Only if we do that can we have food to eat.
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