饥荒 (jī huāng) — famine; crop failure; (colloquial) debt
Definition
Literally 'hunger + desolation' — primarily a severe famine or crop failure. The colloquial sense 'debt' (as in 欠一屁股饥荒) is a northern-spoken slang extension.
noun
faminecrop failure(colloquial) debt
Examples
- 饥荒。Nà chǎng jī huāng duó zǒu le hěn duō rén de shēng mìng.That famine took many people's lives.
- ，饥荒。Jīn nián gān hàn yán zhòng, nóng mín dān xīn huì chū xiàn jī huāng.This year's drought is severe; farmers worry there will be a famine.
- ，饥荒。Tā zuò shēng yi shī bài, qiàn le yí pì gu jī huāng.He failed in business and owes a lot of debt.
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