yóu liào zuò wùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc) / oil-bearing crop
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Original source entry:

油料作物 油料作物 [you2 liao4 zuo4 wu4] /oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc)/oil-bearing crop/

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  • 油
    yóu

    oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning

  • 料
    liào

    material / stuff / grain / feed / to expect / to anticipate / to guess

  • 作
    zuō

    (bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person)

    zuò

    to do / to engage in / to write / to compose / to pretend / to feign / to regard as / to consider to be / to be / to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings / works

  • 物
    wù

    (bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself

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