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饑饉薦臻

简饥馑荐臻 · 繁饑饉薦臻

Mandarin · pinyin jī jǐn jiàn zhēn

famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)

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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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1–3–4–1 · ji1 jin3 jian4 zhen1

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(idiomatic) famine occurring year after year

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