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饑饉薦臻

简 饥馑荐臻 · 繁 饑饉薦臻
Mandarin · pinyin jī jǐn jiàn zhēn

Meanings

  1. famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
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饑
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饉
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薦
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臻
zhēn · reach, arrive; utmost, superior
饥
jī · hunger, starving; hungry; a famine
馑
jǐn · time of famine or crop failure
荐
jiàn · repeat, reoccur; recommend
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Mandarin tones

1–3–4–1 · ji1 jin3 jian4 zhen1

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gei1 gan2 zin3 zeon1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) famine occurring year after year

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