年 grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2] 粒 grain / granule / classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) 质 地 zhì dì texture / background (texture) / grain / quality / character / disposition 粒 子 lì zi grain (of rice) / granule 粒 子 lì zǐ (elementary) particle / grain 纹 理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) 谷 物 gǔ wù cereal / grain 纹 路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) 谷 类 gǔ lèi cereal / grain 理 texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up 谷 粒 gǔ lì grain (of cereal) 料 material / stuff / grain / feed / to expect / to anticipate / to guess 粮 grain / food / provisions / agricultural tax paid in grain 纹 line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc) 粟 grain / millet / goose bumps 禾 cereal / grain 喱 grain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams) / Taiwan pr. [li3] 酒 精 jiǔ jīng alcohol / ethanol CH3CH2OH / ethyl alcohol / also written 乙醇 / grain alcohol 镰 刀 lián dāo sickle / curved blade to cut grain 社 稷 shè jì state / country / the Gods of earth and grain 杂 粮 zá liáng grain crops other than rice and wheat 米 粒 mǐ lì grain of rice / granule 粮 票 liáng piào coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993 沙 粒 shā lì grain of sand 粮 农 liáng nóng food and agriculture / grain farmer 粮 库 liáng kù grain depot 谷 雨 Gǔ yǔ Guyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 20th April-4th May 粒 径 lì jìng grain size 钱 粮 qián liáng land tax / money and grain (given as tax or tribute) 粮 食 作 物 liáng shi zuò wù grain crops / cereals 储 备 粮 chǔ bèi liáng grain reserves 研 磨 机 yán mó jī grain mill 合 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 / or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 余 粮 yú liáng surplus grain 漕 河 cáo hé waterway used for the transportation of grain (in ancient times) (esp. the Grand Canal 大運河|大运河[Da4 Yun4 he2]) 漕 运 cáo yùn (old) to transport by water / to ship grain as tax 商 品 粮 shāng pǐn liáng commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency) 播 种 机 seed drill (UK) / grain drill (US) 秋 粮 qiū liáng autumn grain crops 五 谷 丰 登 wǔ gǔ fēng dēng abundant harvest of all food crops / bumper grain harvest 酒 糟 jiǔ zāo distiller's grain / wine lees 粮 站 liáng zhàn grain supply station 粮 店 liáng diàn grain store 芒 种 Máng zhòng Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 6th-20th June 公 粮 gōng liáng grain collected by the government as tax 石 dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 / ten pecks / one hundred liters 斗 dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] 谷 壳 gǔ ké husk of grain / grain and chaff 稿 manuscript / draft / stalk of grain 颖 head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding 晒 (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to 稼 to sow grain / (farm) crop 穗 ear of grain / fringe / tassel 琏 vessel used for grain offerings / also pr. [lian2] 颍 grain husk / tip of sth short and slender 秆 stalks of grain 斛 ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 / (before Tang, ten pecks) 囤 bin for grain 秣 feed a horse with grain / horse feed 稔 ripe grain 穰 abundant / stalk of grain 饩 grain ration / sacrificial victim 碡 stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) / Taiwan pr. [du2] 粜 to sell grain 扦 short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc) 菰 Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1 bai2 sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom 耧 drill for sowing grain 稃 husk / outside shell of grain 臿 to separate the grain from the husk 糱 fermenting grain / yeast 稑 late-planted early-ripening grain 穟 ear of grain 穜 early-planted late-ripening grain 笐 bamboos placed across wooden frames on which grain may be stored in damp climates 积 谷 防 饥 jī gǔ fáng jī storing grain against a famine / to lay sth by for a rainy day / also written 積穀防飢|积谷防饥 陈 谷 子 烂 芝 麻 chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom) / fig. the same boring old gossip 打 场 dǎ cháng to thresh grain (on the floor) 救 济 粮 jiù jì liáng relief grain / emergency provisions 秕 子 bǐ zi blighted grain 布 帛 菽 粟 bù bó shū sù cloth, silk, beans and grain / food and clothing / daily necessities 穧 stack grain stalks evenly 斠 (old) instrument to even out the grain in a measuring vessel / to proofread / to collate 秊 grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2] 穋 late-planted early-ripening grain 磨 子 mò zǐ mill / grain mill / millstone 籸 crushed grain 吐 穗 tǔ suì to have the ears of grain come up 穭 lu:3 wild grain 小 满 Xiǎo mǎn Xiaoman or Lesser Full Grain, 8th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 21st May-5th June 斞 stack of grain / dry measure equivalent to 16 斗[dou3] or 160 liters 倒 仓 dǎo cāng to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it) / voice breaking (of male opera singer in puberty) 全 谷 物 quán gǔ wù whole grain 刑 舂 xíng chōng to be forced to grind grain as a punishment (old) 征 实 zhēng shí levies in kind / grain tax 攘 场 rǎng cháng to spread harvested grain over an area 朽 蠹 xiǔ dù to decay and be eaten by worms etc / to overhoard grain so that it rots 熬 稃 āo fū puffed grain / popped wheat / popcorn 狗 日 的 粮 食 gǒu rì de liáng shi The damned grain, novel by Liu Heng 劉恆|刘恒 皀 one grain 碾 坊 niǎn fáng grain mill
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