稻

paddy / rice (Oryza sativa)

cereal / grain

to ladle out / to scoop up

rice / paddy / CL:株[zhu1]

early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe

(one's) last straw to clutch at / one's last hope

Waseda University (private university in Tokyo)

paddy (rice)

rice cultivation

Daocheng county (Tibetan: 'dab pa rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

Daocheng county (Tibetan: 'dab pa rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom) / the final straw

(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation) / to take advantage of the situation (unscrupulously)