灾荒

災荒
zāihuāng
  1. natural disaster
  2. famine

CEDICT

famine due to crop failures

Wiktionary

水旱荒年。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 灾 zāi disaster; calamity
=1 灾 zāi variant of 灾 zāi
=1 灾 zāi old variant of 灾 zāi
2 荒 huāng
  1. desolate
  2. shortage
  3. scarce
  4. out of practice
  5. absurd
  6. uncultivated
  7. to neglect

Related entries

天灾 tiānzāi natural disaster
起初的天灾迅速演变为了人祸。

What was at first a natural disaster rapidly became a man-made debacle.

Source: Tatoeba

自然灾害 zìránzāihài natural disaster
凶荒 xiōnghuāng (literary) famine
粮荒 liánghuāng
  1. famine
  2. critical shortage of grain
饥荒 jīhuāng
  1. crop failure
  2. famine
  3. debt
  4. difficulty
斯蒂芬·奥布莱恩，联合国负责人道主义事务副秘书长兼紧急救济协调员，声称在也门、索马里、南苏丹和尼日利亚，超过2000万人面临饥荒的威胁。

Stephen O'Brien, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has said that more than 20 million people faced the threat of starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria.

Source: Tatoeba

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