食粮

食糧

shíliáng

noun #35,525

Meanings

1 food / cereals (esp. staple grain)
2 sustenance / nourishment

Characters

grain / provisions

Examples

HSK 5

书是精神的食粮。

Shū shì jīngshén de shíliáng.

Books are nourishment for the spirit.

HSK 7-9

战争年代，食粮极为匮乏。

Zhànzhēng niándài, shíliáng jíwéi kuìfá.

During the war years, food was extremely scarce.

Tips

usage

食粮 sounds more literary/abstract than 粮食 liángshí (food grain). Reverse the characters and you get the everyday word for groceries-as-grain. The figurative use 精神食粮 ('spiritual nourishment') is a fixed phrase you'll meet often.

Stroke Order

食 shí

粮 liáng