饑荒

饥荒
jīhuāng
  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. 五穀不生、果類不熟。
  2. 北平方言。指困難、麻煩。《紅樓夢．第三九回》：「別出不去城，纔是饑荒呢！」或作「飢荒」。

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

Entry Composition

1 饑 jī variant of 飢 jī
2 荒 huāng
  1. desolate
  2. shortage
  3. scarce
  4. out of practice
  5. absurd
  6. uncultivated
  7. to neglect

Containing this entry

背饑荒 bēijihuāng

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糧荒 liánghuāng
  1. famine
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災荒 zāihuāng
  1. natural disaster
  2. famine
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