Definition

Examples

• 那场饥荒夺走了很多人的生命。
  Nà chǎng jī huāng duózǒu le hěn duō rén de shēngmìng.
  That famine took many people's lives.
• 今年干旱严重，农民担心会出现饥荒。
  Jīnnián gānhàn yánzhòng, nóngmín dānxīn huì chūxiàn jī huāng.
  This year's drought is severe; farmers worry there will be a famine.
• 他做生意失败，欠了一屁股饥荒。
  Tā zuò shēngyi shībài, qiàn le yí pìgu jī huāng.
  He failed in business and owes a lot of debt.