Usage of the character 粮
liáng
粮
[糧]
- grain
- food
- provisions
- agricultural tax paid in grain
chúliáng
刍粮
[芻糧]
- army provisions
liángzhàn
粮栈
[糧棧]
- wholesale grain store
liángkù
粮库
[糧庫]
- grain depot
liángnóng
粮农
[糧農]
- food and agriculture
- grain farmer
kǒuliáng
口粮
[口糧]
- ration
záliáng
杂粮
[雜糧]
- grain crops other than rice and wheat
nàliáng
纳粮
[納糧]
- to pay taxes in kind (rice, cloth etc)
liángcǎo
粮草
[糧草]
- army provisions
- rations and fodder
qiūliáng
秋粮
[秋糧]
- autumn grain crops
liángmò
粮秣
[糧秣]
- provisions (e.g. military)
- forage
- fodder
gǒuliáng
狗粮
[狗糧]
- dog food
- (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗／单身狗 (dānshēngǒu) forced to "eat" it)
quēliáng
缺粮
[缺糧]
- to lack food supplies
liángshi
粮食
[糧食]
- foodstuff
- cereals
- CL:種／种 (zhǒng)
duànliáng
断粮
[斷糧]
- to run out of food
liángdiàn
粮店
[糧店]
- grain store
gānliáng
干粮
[乾糧]
- rations (to take on expedition)
liángpiào
粮票
[糧票]
- coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993
liánghuāng
粮荒
[糧荒]
- famine
- critical shortage of grain
yúliáng
余粮
[餘糧]
- surplus grain
liángxiǎng
粮饷
[糧餉]
- army provisions
huángliáng
皇粮
[皇糧]
- lit. imperial funding for troops
- funds or items supplied by the government
liángdào
粮道
[糧道]
- route for providing foodstuff
liángháng
粮行
[糧行]
- grain retailer (in former times)
shíliáng
食粮
[食糧]
- food cereals
qiǔliáng
糗粮
[糗糧]
- dry rations
cūliáng
粗粮
[粗糧]
- coarse grains (maize, sorghum etc)
juéliáng
绝粮
[絕糧]
- provisions are exhausted
- out of food
liángcāng
粮仓
[糧倉]
- granary
- barn
- fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land)
jīngliáng
精粮
[精糧]
- refined grain (rice, wheat etc)
gōngliáng
公粮
[公糧]
- grain collected by the government as tax
liángzhàn
粮站
[糧站]
- grain supply station
chǎnliáng
产粮
[產糧]
- to grow crops
- food growing
jūnliáng
军粮
[軍糧]
- army provisions
qiánliáng
钱粮
[錢糧]
- land tax
- money and grain (given as tax or tribute)
chūliáng
出粮
[出糧]
- (dialect) to pay salary
cáoliáng
漕粮
[漕糧]
- grain transported by water (in ancient times)
shāngpǐnliáng
商品粮
[商品糧]
- commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency)
chīhuángliáng
吃皇粮
[吃皇糧]
- lit. to eat from government coffers
- to serve as a government employee
- to live off government money
sǎgǒuliáng
撒狗粮
[撒狗糧]
- (slang) to be lovey-dovey in public
jiāoliángběn
交粮本
[交糧本]
- to hand in one's ration cards
- to die
jiùjìliáng
救济粮
[救濟糧]
- relief grain
- emergency provisions
Wǔliángyè
五粮液
[五糧液]
- Wuliangye liquor
- Five Grain liquor
chǎnliángqū
产粮区
[產糧區]
- food growing area
chīgōngliáng
吃公粮
[吃公糧]
- to be on the government payroll
fǎnxiāoliáng
返销粮
[返銷糧]
- grain bought by the state and resold to areas undergoing a grain shortage
gānliángdài
干粮袋
[乾糧袋]
- knapsack (for provisions)
- haversack
chǔbèiliáng
储备粮
[儲備糧]
- grain reserves
yínzhīmǎoliáng
寅支卯粮
[寅支卯糧]
- see 寅吃卯糧／寅吃卯粮 (yínchīmǎoliáng)
bīngjīngliángzú
兵精粮足
[兵精糧足]
- elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces
- preparations for war are in an advanced state
chǎnliángdàshěng
产粮大省
[產糧大省]
- major agricultural province
dànjìnliángjué
弹尽粮绝
[彈盡糧絕]
- out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits
yínchīmǎoliáng
寅吃卯粮
[寅吃卯糧]
- lit. eating away next year's food in advance
- fig. to dip into the next month's check
- live now, pay later
jīcǎo-túnliáng
积草屯粮
[積草屯糧]
- to stockpile provisions in preparation for war
liángshizuòwù
粮食作物
[糧食作物]
- grain crops
- cereals
chīliángbùguǎnshì
吃粮不管事
[吃糧不管事]
- to eat without working (idiom)
- to take one's pay and not care about the rest
shìjièliángshishǔ
世界粮食署
[世界糧食署]
- World food program (United Nations aid agency)
Liánhéguó Liángnóng Zǔzhī
联合国粮农组织
[聯合國糧農組織]
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
bīngmǎwèidòng,liángcǎoxiānxíng
兵马未动，粮草先行
[兵馬未動，糧草先行]
- before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
- an army marches on its stomach