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