饑饉薦臻

Chinese

famine to come one after another; to occur in succession
trad. (饑饉薦臻/饑饉荐臻) 饑饉 薦臻/荐臻
simp. (饥馑荐臻) 饥馑 荐臻

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Idiom

饑饉薦臻

  1. (literary) famine occurring year after year
    喪亂饑饉薦臻 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    丧乱饥馑荐臻 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Tiān jiàng sāngluàn, jījǐn jiànzhēn. [Pinyin]
    That Heaven [thus] sends down death and disorder?
    Famine comes again and again.
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