养料 (yǎng liào) — nutrient, nourishment (literal, e.g. for plants or organisms); nourishment (figurative, e.g. intellectual or spiritual)
Definition
Nourishment for plants or soil (nutrients, fertilizer-like substances), extended figuratively to spiritual or intellectual sustenance.
noun
nutrientnourishment (literal, e.g. for plants or organisms)nourishment (figurative, e.g. intellectual or spiritual)
Examples
- 养料。Zhí wù cóng tǔ rǎng zhōng xī shōu yǎng liào.Plants absorb nutrients from the soil.
- 养料。Dú shū shì jīng shén yǎng liào de zhòng yào lái yuán.Reading is an important source of spiritual nourishment.
- 养料。Zhè xiē féi liào wèi zhuāng jia tí gōng le chōng zú de yǎng liào.These fertilizers provide sufficient nourishment for the crops.
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