Definition
养料 refers to the nutrients or nourishment that living things — plants, animals, or even abstract systems — need to grow and thrive. In everyday Chinese, it's used both literally (for soil nutrients, food) and figuratively (for intellectual or spiritual nourishment). It's a formal, written-register word; in casual speech you'd more often hear 营养 or 养分 for the literal sense.
n.
nutrientnourishment (literal, e.g. for plants or organisms)nourishment (figurative, e.g. intellectual or spiritual)
Examples
- 养料。Zhíwù cóng tǔrǎng zhōng xīshōu yǎng liào.Plants absorb nutrients from the soil.
- 养料。Dúshū shì jīngshén yǎng liào de zhòngyào láiyuán.Reading is an important source of spiritual nourishment.
- 养料。Zhèxiē féiliào wèi zhuāngjia tígōng le chōngzú de yǎng liào.These fertilizers provide sufficient nourishment for the crops.
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