cū liáng
coarse grains (maize, sorghum etc)
liáng cāng
granary
barn
fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land)
zá liáng
grain crops other than rice and wheat
gān liáng
rations (to take on expedition)
liáng shi
foodstuff
cereals
CL:種|种[zhong3]
liáng
grain
food
provisions
agricultural tax paid in grain
liáng nóng
food and agriculture
grain farmer
liáng cǎo
army provisions
rations and fodder
liáng piào
coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993
chǎn liáng
to grow crops
food growing
qián liáng
land tax
money and grain (given as tax or tribute)
dàn jìn liáng jué
out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits
liáng dào
route for providing foodstuff
huáng liáng
lit. imperial funding for troops
funds or items supplied by the government
chī huáng liáng
lit. to eat from government coffers
to serve as a government employee
to live off government money
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
liáng huāng
famine
critical shortage of grain
jiù jì liáng
relief grain
emergency provisions
jué liáng
provisions are exhausted
out of food
jīng liáng
refined grain (rice, wheat etc)
liáng háng
grain retailer (in former times)
chǎn liáng dà shěng
major agricultural province
nà liáng
to pay taxes in kind (rice, cloth etc)
liáng mò
provisions (e.g. military)
forage
fodder
bīng jīng liáng zú
elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well prepared forces
preparations for war are in an advanced state
gàn liáng dài
knapsack (for provisions)
haversack
fǎn xiāo liáng
grain bought by the state and resold to areas undergoing a grain shortage
shì jiè liáng shi shǔ
World food program (United Nations aid agency)
gǒu rì de liáng shi
The damned grain, novel by Liu Heng 劉恆|刘恒
jī cǎo tún liáng
to store up provisions against a war
jiāo liáng běn
to hand in one's ration cards
to die
Lián hé guó Liáng nóng Zǔ zhī
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)