齐民要术

齊民要術
Qímín Yàoshù
Essential skill to benefit the people, sixth century encyclopedia of agricultural knowledge by Jia Sixie 贾思勰 Jiǎ Sīxié

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Entry Composition

1 齐民 qímín
  1. (literary) common people
  2. common people
=2 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=2 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=2 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
3 术 shù
  1. method
  2. technique