五谷杂粮

五谷杂粮:

Literally means:

five cereals

Actually means:

cereals in general

五谷 refers to the five cereals, namely, rice, broomcorn millet, millet, wheat and bean; 杂粮 is general term for all the five cereals.

This phrase refers to cereals in general, including both fine and coarse food grains.

五谷，稻、黍（黄米）稷（小米）、麦、豆五种粮食。杂粮，在这里用来对“五谷”的总括。

五谷杂粮，泛指各种粮食，包括细粮和粗粮。