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Chinese
Etymology
Calque of Korean 보릿고개 (boritgogae, literally “barley pass”).
Pronunciation
Noun
麥嶺
- (Korean Classical Chinese) annual period of food shortage around May, when the autumn rice harvest is nearly exhausted but the June barley harvest is not yet ready
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 麥嶺 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 麥嶺, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
麥嶺 • (maengnyeong) (hangeul 맥령)
- hanja form? of 맥령 (“Synonym of 보릿고개 (boritgogae)”)