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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jījǐnjiànzhēn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jījǐnjiànzhēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jijiinjiannjen
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/

Idiom

饑饉薦臻

(literary) famine occurring year after year

天降喪亂，饑饉薦臻。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
天降丧乱，饥馑荐臻。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th 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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