粮食

liángshí · HSK 4

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🌾🍚 粮食 = 粮 (grain) + 食 (food/eat) — grain-food, i.e. provisions

粮 carries the 米 (rice) radical and means cereal/grain rations; 食 means food or to eat. Together they denote staple foodstuffs and provisions — the grains and stores that feed people.

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