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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.stock up food grain; store up grain
存粮备荒
stock up grain to prepare against famine
- 2
n.grain in store; grain in reserve
这里每家都有存粮。
Every family here has surplus grain in store.
这只船的存粮足够维持三个月的航行。
The ship had a sufficiency of provisions for a voyage of three months.
他已经开始卖存粮。
He's started selling the grain reserves.
Word usage
- Separable word"存" and "粮" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
家里已经提前存好了粮。
The family has stored up grain in advance.
你的粮仓太小,存不了多少粮。
Your granary is too small to store up much grain.
今年我们家已经存过粮了。
Our family has already stored up grain this year.