糧

grain / food / provisions / agricultural tax paid in grain

rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)

to measure

capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word

ration

rations (to take on expedition)

out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits

grain reserves

relief grain / emergency provisions

elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces / preparations for war are in an advanced state

before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach

(dialect) to pay salary

to be on the government payroll

lit. to eat from government coffers / to serve as a government employee / to live off government money

to eat without working (idiom) / to take one's pay and not care about the rest

commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency)

lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later

see 寅吃卯糧|寅吃卯粮[yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2]

(slang) to be lovey-dovey in public

to run out of food

knapsack (for provisions) / haversack

Wuliangye liquor / Five Grain liquor

to hand in one's ration cards / to die

grain collected by the government as tax