cún liáng
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  • 1

    v.stock up food grain; store up grain

    • cún liáng bèi huāng

      存粮备荒

      stock up grain to prepare against famine

  • 2

    n.grain in store; grain in reserve

    • zhè lǐ měi jiā dōu yǒu cún liáng

      这里存粮

      Every family here has surplus grain in store.

    • zhè zhī chuán de cún liáng zú gòu wéi chí sān gè yuè de háng xíng

      存粮足够维持航行

      The ship had a sufficiency of provisions for a voyage of three months.

    • tā yǐ jīng kāi shǐ mài cún liáng

      已经开始存粮

      He's started selling the grain reserves.

Word usage

  • "存" and "粮" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 家里已经提前

      The family has stored up grain in advance.

    • 粮仓不了多少

      Your granary is too small to store up much grain.

    • 今年我们已经

      Our family has already stored up grain this year.

Chinese words with pinyin cun liang