sow seeds

基本解释

This means that after the Grain Rain, the rainfall will increase and duckweeds begin to grow. After that, cuckoos begin to remind people to sow seeds. Then, hoopoes can be seen on mulberries.
是说谷雨后降雨量增多，浮萍开始生长，接着布谷鸟便开始提醒人们播种了，然后是桑树上开始见到戴胜鸟。
Don’t tell lies or exaggerate on your date. Doing this will sow seeds of distrust.
不要撒谎和夸大自己，这样做会留下不诚实的映像。

And it's from low-flying airplanes each spring that pilots sow the rice crop by tossing seeds from 900-kilo bags into the wind.

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