Pronunciation: sù

Meaning: grain. Called millet when hulled. Annual herb. Drought-resistant, adaptable. It is the main grain crop in northern China.

Group words:

1. Poppy [yīng sù] Biennial herb. Summer flowering, large flowers, solitary at the top of the branch. Petals 4 pieces, red, purple or white. Fruit spherical or ellipsoid, seeds small and numerous. Native to Europe. Fruit latex drying called opium, containing morphine and other alkaloids, analgesic, antitussive and antidiarrheal effect, but commonly used can be addictive.

2, corn [sù mǐ] corn.

3, Deng Su [dēng sù] grass name.

4、赈粟 [zhèn sù] means to give out relief grain.

5、milk粟 [rǔ sù] The froth made by cooking tea.

6、玉粟 [yù sù] refers to the seed of a sherpa.

7, Ao Su [áo sù] means the grain in Ao Cang.

Citation:

1, "On the Precious Corn Shuo" Two Han: Chao Qiu

Corn, rice, cloth and silk are born in the ground, grow in time, and are gathered in strength, and are not made in a day.

Translation: The raw materials of corn and cloth and silk are born in the ground, grow in a certain season, and the harvesting of them requires manpower, so it is not something that can be accomplished in a short period of time.

2. "Raccoon Lake Sand - A Cornucopia of Green Jade" Song Dynasty: Mao Children's Hospital, Children under the age of 2

A Cornucopia of Green Jade is a Cornucopia of Green Jade, which is the fragrance of the dream in the tent of the jasper veil. The wind and the moon are cooler than ever.

Translation: The osmanthus branches and leaves are as green and moist as jade, and the golden petals and stamens stand on the branches in a fascinating contrast of yellow and green. When you see it, it reminds you of a beautiful woman sleeping soundly in a blue tent.

3, "the way much help, lose the way little help" pre-Qin: Mencius and his disciples

City is not not high, the pool is not not deep, the military leather is not not firm and advantageous, the rice and millet is not not more than the commission, but to go to, is the advantage of the land is not as good as the people and also.

Translation: The walls of the city were not too high, the moat was not too deep, the weapons and equipment were not too good, and the food supply was not too insufficient, but the defending side abandoned the city and fled, because the geography of the battle was no better than the hearts of the people and their internal unity.

4, "Miscellaneous Sayings IV - Horses" Tang Dynasty: Han Yu

The horse of a thousand miles, a food or exhaust corn a stone.

Translation: A horse that travels a thousand miles (per day) can sometimes finish a stone of grain in one meal.