饑饉薦臻

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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)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jījǐnjiànzhēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jijǐnjiànjhen
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-chin³-chien⁴-chên¹
  - Yale: jī-jǐn-jyàn-jēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jijiinjiannjen
  - Palladius: цзицзиньцзяньчжэнь (cziczinʹczjanʹčžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/

Idiom

饑饉薦臻

famine occurring year after year
- 天降喪亂，饑饉薦臻。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  天降丧乱，饥馑荐臻。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Tiān jiàng sāngluàn, jījǐn jiànzhēn.
  That Heaven sends down death and disorder?
  Famine comes again and again.

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