粮 (糧)
liáng
Pinyin

Definition

粮 (糧)
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liáng
  1. grain
  2. food
  3. provisions
  4. agricultural tax paid in grain

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

五粮液
Wǔ liáng yè
  1. 1 Wuliangye liquor
  2. 2 Five Grain liquor
粗粮
cū liáng
  1. 1 coarse grains (maize, sorghum etc)
粮
liáng
  1. 1 grain
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 provisions
  4. 4 agricultural tax paid in grain
粮食
liáng shi
  1. 1 foodstuff
  2. 2 cereals
  3. 3 classifier: 种 zhǒng
干粮
gān liáng
  1. 1 rations (to take on expedition)

Idioms (4)

兵精粮足
bīng jīng liáng zú
  1. 1 elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces
  2. 2 preparations for war are in an advanced state
兵马未动，粮草先行
bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
  1. 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
  2. 2 an army marches on its stomach
吃粮不管事
chī liáng bù guǎn shì
  1. 1 to eat without working (idiom)
  2. 2 to take one's pay and not care about the rest
弹尽粮绝
dàn jìn liáng jué
  1. 1 out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits

Sample Sentences

善用兵者，役不再籍，粮不三载；取用于国，因粮于敌，故军食可足也。
shàn yòngbīng zhě ，yì bùzài jí ，liáng bù sǎnzài ；qǔ yòngyú guó ，yīn liáng yú dí ，gù jūnshí kě zú yě 。
Know how to use the army without having to add more soldiers and food; arrange for the transportation of food and necessities once and seize these from the enemy to save our own inventory.
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孙子曰：凡用兵之法，驰车千驷，革车千乘，带甲十万，千里馈粮。
Sūnzǐ yuē ：fán yòngbīng zhī fǎ ，chíchē qiān sì ，géchē qiān shèng ，dàijiǎ shíwàn ，qiānlǐ kuì liáng 。
Sun tzu said: To mobilize an army, we need light and heavy vehicles of 1000 each, 100,000 soldiers, food and necessities.
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哟，撒狗粮来啦，刚刚吵着说受委屈的是谁呀，怎么，还不能让人说他两句啊！
yō ，sā gǒuliáng lái la ，gānggāng chāo zhe shuō shòu wěiqū de shì shéi ya ，zěnme ，hái bùnéng ràngrén shuō tā liǎng jù ā ！
Oh, here comes the showing off to the singleton! Who did you say was being wronged just now? Why can't you just let a man say his piece!
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你们不是都一直都打情骂俏的嘛，到处撒狗粮这怎么就分手了呢，根据我对你的了解，一定是你作的吧？早提醒你了，小作怡情，大作伤身。
nǐmen bùshì dōu yīzhí dōu dǎqíngmàqiào de ma ，dàochù sāgǒuliáng zhè zěnme jiù fēnshǒu le ne ，gēnjù wǒ duì nǐ de liǎojiě ，yīdìng shì nǐ zuò de ba ？zǎo tíxǐng nǐ le ，xiǎo zuò yíqíng ，dàzuò shāng shēn 。
Aren't you two always bantering back and forth? With all the PDA all over the place how did you end up splitting up? Knowing you, I'll bet it was you that did it, no? I've told you before, a bit of banter is par for the course, but hen-pecking when it gets out of control will get you burned.
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哎呦喂，这敢情好啊！成天看你们几个在朋友圈秀恩爱撒狗粮的，我都快被虐死了。
āiyōuwēi ，zhè gǎnqíng hǎo a ！chéngtiān kàn nǐmen jǐ ge zài péngyou quān xiù ēnài sā gǒuliáng de ，wǒ dōu kuài bèi nuè sǐ le 。
Hey! Of course I'm willing! After seeing all of you on WeChat Moments showing off your love, spraying dog-food over the rest of us. I already feel quite abused.
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算了吧，凡事天定，别替车子担心了，总比路上结冰还得开车上路好多了。对了！咱们家里还有没有存粮啊？
suàn le ba ，fánshìtiāndìng ，bié tì chēzi dānxīn le ，zǒng bǐ lùshang jiébīng hái děi kāichē shàng lù hǎo duōle 。duìle ！zánmen jiālǐ háiyǒu méiyǒu cúnliáng ā ？
Don't worry about it. It's up to the heavens now. Don't worry about the car now. It's much better than having to drive on an icy road. Ah yes, do we have any food in storage.
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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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