饑饉薦臻

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): ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄣ

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

Idiom

饑饉薦臻

1. (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.