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valley
cereal
valley
canyon
unhusked rice
valley
to thresh
five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants
harvest God
valley floor
deep valley
cereal
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Rye was called the grain of poverty.
Source: Tatoeba #334454 · CC BY 2.0 FRA beautiful valley lies behind the hill.
Source: Tatoeba #336884 · CC BY 2.0 FRWe went down to the valley where the village is.
Source: Tatoeba #13573411 · CC BY 2.0 FRIt's time for the Tuaregs to transfer their herds to the valley.
Source: Tatoeba #13573399 · CC BY 2.0 FRWe heard the echo of our voices from the other side of the valley.
Source: Tatoeba #502619 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.