Word: 粮 (liáng) Traditional: 糧 粮 dictionary entry liáng grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain Full dictionary entry for 粮 Example sentences using 粮 6 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 丰年要当歉年过,有粮常想无粮时 fēngnián yào dāng qiànnián guò,yǒu liáng cháng xiǎng wú liáng shí in a bumper year live as in a lean year; when you have grain, think of when you have none 仓老鼠向乌鸦借粮，守着的没有，飞着的倒有 cāng lǎoshǔ xiàng wūyā jiè liáng, shǒuzhe de méiyǒu, fēi zhe de dào yǒu The granary rat borrows grain from the crow: the one sitting on it has none, the one flying around has some 富家一席酒，穷汉半年粮 fùjiā yìxí jiǔ, qiónghàn bànnián liáng one banquet of a rich family is half a year's grain for a poor man 手中有粮，心中不慌 shǒu zhōng yǒu liáng, xīnzhōng bù huāng grain in hand, no panic in the heart 没土打不成墙，没苗打不下粮 méi tǔ dǎ bùchéng qiáng, méi miáo dǎ búxià liáng without earth you can't build a rammed wall, without seedlings you can't harvest grain 谁养孩子谁当娘，谁种土地谁收粮 shéi yǎng háizi shuí dāng niáng, shéi zhòng tǔdì shéi shōu liáng whoever raises the child is the mother; whoever farms the land harvests the grain