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饥荒
jīhuang
Description
“饥荒”是指没有足够的食物吃，很多人都在挨饿的时候。
"饥荒" refers to a time when there isn't enough food and many people are starving.
这种情况常常发生在天气很坏、庄稼收不好的年头。
This situation often happens in years with bad weather and poor crop harvests.
Meanings
饥荒jīhuang
famine; severe shortage of food
那一年闹了很大的饥荒。
That year there was a severe famine.
饥荒jīhuang
debt; financial difficulty (colloquial)
他欠了一屁股饥荒。
He was deeply in debt.
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Notes
- Etymology
饥 (hunger) + 荒 (barren, crop failure), literally hunger from failed harvests.
- Nuance
second sense meaning 'debt' is regional/colloquial, common in northern speech.
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