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食糧

简食粮 · 繁食糧

Mandarin · pinyin shí liáng

food cereals

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食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
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粮: liáng · food, grain, provisions

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2–2 · shi2 liang2

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sik6 loeng4

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noun

grain; food

verb

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, dated) to be a soldier; to serve in the military
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to eat army provisions

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