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- 饥荒
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- [jīhuāng]
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- 饥荒 [jīhuāng]
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1.
名
因歉收造成的灾荒
- 大旱三年,饥荒严重
- 那年正赶上闹饥荒。
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2.
名
[口]
指(家庭或个人)经济上的困难
- 他家收入少,经常闹饥荒。
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3.
名
[口]
指债务
- 拉饥荒。
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1.
名
因歉收造成的灾荒
Examples
- 解放前我家月月闹饥荒。
- Before liberation my family ran short of cash month after month. → 饥荒
- 快到发工资那几天他就闹饥荒。
- He's always hard up before payday. → 闹饥荒
- 饥荒之年，街上到处是骨瘦如柴，衣不蔽体的乞丐。 → 蔽
- 前一阵子花钱太大方了，以至于现在他又闹饥荒了。 → 闹饥荒
- 今年闹饥荒，是个歉年。 → 歉
- 她遭遇过饥荒。 → 饥
- 在那饥荒的年月，我们连树根都吃过。 → 饥荒
- 一次饥荒夺去了很多人的生命。 → 饥荒
- 就是打饥荒, 也得供孩子上学。
- Even if the family is in debt, the parents have to paying for the children's schooling. → 打饥荒
- 由于饥荒, 经常有人在街上冻馁而死。
- Often there are people who die of hunger and exposure in the street. → 冻馁
Collocations
- 闹饥荒
- to suffer from famine
- 饥荒年
- a year of famine
- 大饥荒
- a great famine
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