grain transport canal
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
canal or river used to transport grain tax to the capital
formalA historical term referring to the waterways (often part of the Grand Canal system) used in imperial China to transport grain (caoliang) collected as tax from the provinces to the capital or granaries.
Dà大
yùn运
hé河
zài在
gǔ古
dài代
shì是
zuì最
zhòng重
yào要
de的
cáo漕
hé河
zhī之
yī一
。
The Grand Canal was one of the most important grain transport canals in ancient times.
Zhè这
tiáo条
cáo漕
hé河
lián连
jiē接
zhe着
jiāng江
nán南
de的
chǎn产
liáng粮
qū区
hé和
běi北
fāng方
de的
jīng京
chéng城
。
This grain transport canal connected the rice-producing regions south of the Yangtze with the capital in the north.