Cadres have gone down to different grass-roots units to take part in manual Labour.

干部们分别下基层参加劳动去了。

《新英汉大辞典》

If the Chinese were to convert to eating grass, sooner or later all the grass on the planet would be gone, let alone crops.

如果中国人改吃草，地球早晚得沙漠化，别说粮食不长，草都不长了。

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