liáng

grain

food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain

rice (米) + sound liáng (良) = grain provisions

米 anchors the meaning in rice and grain. 良 mainly contributes the sound liáng; any sense of 'good quality' is a happy coincidence rather than the intended etymology.

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家里存了很多,够吃一年。

jiā lǐ cún le hěn duō liáng, gòu chī yī nián。

The family has stored a lot of grain, enough to eat for a year.

古时候,农民要把交给官府。

gǔ shí hòu, nóng mín yào bǎ liáng jiāo gěi guān fǔ。

In ancient times, farmers had to hand over grain to the government.

Words with 粮

漕粮

cáo liáng

grain transported by water (in ancient times)

钱粮

qián liáng

land tax

杂粮

zá liáng

grain crops other than rice and wheat

食粮

shí liáng

food cereals

余粮

yú liáng

surplus grain

世界粮食署

shì jiè liáng shi shǔ

World food program (United Nations aid agency)

干粮

gān liáng

rations (to take on expedition)

干粮袋

gān liáng dài

knapsack (for provisions)

五粮液

wǔ liáng yè

Wuliangye liquor

交粮本

jiāo liáng běn

to hand in one's ration cards

储备粮

chǔ bèi liáng

grain reserves

公粮

gōng liáng

grain collected by the government as tax

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