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grain transport by canal
In the Song dynasty, canal transport was escorted by low class army generals with boat soldiers.
In Ming and Qing Dynasties time, the Grand Canal was wildly used and the system of consummation was built, which caused Suzhou to have the convenient river shipping and the sea communication.

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Open the tool →漕运 (cáo yùn) means “tribute grain transport, grain transport by canal”.
漕运 is pronounced cáo yùn in Mandarin Chinese.
“tribute grain transport” is 漕运 (cáo yùn) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 漕运, each with pinyin and an English translation.