饥荒

饑荒
huāng
  1. crop failure
  2. famine
  3. debt
  4. difficulty

CEDICT

  1. (figurative, colloquial) debt
  2. (figurative, colloquial) financial difficulty
  3. (literally) famine; crop failure
  4. debt
  5. famine; crop failure
  6. financial difficulty

Wiktionary

  1. 五穀不熟
  2. 北平方言困难麻烦。《红楼梦第三》:「饥荒!」」。

重編國語辭典

Examples

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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  1. crop failure
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  1. crop failure
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凶荒 xiōnghuāng (literary) famine
粮荒 liánghuāng
  1. famine
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灾荒 zāihuāng
  1. natural disaster
  2. famine
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  2. starvation
  3. famine
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Hunger urged him to steal.

Source: Tatoeba

xiōng
  1. vicious
  2. fierce
  3. ominous
  4. inauspicious
  5. famine
  6. variant of xiōng
zhài debt

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Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

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债务 zhài
  1. debt
  2. liability
  3. amount due
  4. indebtedness
债款 zhàikuǎn debt
欠账 qiànzhàng
  1. to owe a debt
  2. debt
  3. obligation
欠项 qiànxiàng
  1. liabilities
  2. debt
zhàng
  1. account
  2. bill
  3. debt

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将费用记在我的账上。

Charge this bill to me.

Source: Tatoeba

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  1. hole
  2. pocket
  3. cavity
  4. loophole
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难易 nán
  1. difficulty
  2. degree of difficulty or ease
难关 nánguān
  1. difficulty
  2. crisis
难点 nándiǎn difficulty
學習漢語的最難點應該就是漢字了。

The hardest part of learning Chinese is the Chinese characters.

Source: Tatoeba

艰巨性 jiānxìng
  1. arduousness
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  3. difficulty
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  1. awkward
  2. lame
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nán
  1. difficult (to...)
  2. problem
  3. difficulty
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It's so hard.

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周折 zhōuzhé
  1. twists and turns
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