粮票 (liáng piào) — (historical) a food ration coupon used in China from the 1950s to 1993
Definition
A historical paper coupon used in China (1950s–1993) to buy grain and other rationed food. Has no modern use, but appears in readings about everyday life before the reform era.
noun
(historical) a food ration coupon used in China from the 1950s to 1993
Measure word · 张
Examples
- ，粮票。Xiǎo shí hou, wǒ men jiā měi gè yuè dōu yào yòng liáng piào mǎi liáng shi.When I was little, our family had to use grain coupons to buy food every month.
- 粮票。Xiàn zài de nián qīng rén hěn nán xiǎng xiàng yòng liáng piào mǎi dōng xī de rì zi.Young people today can hardly imagine the days when you bought things with grain coupons.
- 粮票。Tā zài jiù huò shì chǎng zhǎo dào le jǐ zhāng liù shí nián dài de liáng piào.He found a few grain coupons from the 1960s at the flea market.
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