huāng
shí
bào
yuè

idiom
literary

Meaning of 荒时暴月

荒时暴月 means lean years; hard times; period of scarcity between harvests. Pronounced huāng shí bào yuè.

  • lean years; hard times; period of scarcity between harvests

Definitions & Examples

Jiù
shè
huì
měi
dào
huāng
shí
bào
yuè
 
pín
nóng
mín
jiù
zhǐ
néng
kào
cài
chōng
 

In the old society, whenever the lean months came, poor peasants could only rely on wild vegetables to fill their stomachs.

shì
huāng
shí
bào
yuè
 
cūn
de
rén
jiā
dōu
méi
yǒu
liáng
 

Those were hard times, and no family in the village had surplus grain.

Huāng
shí
bào
yuè
de
jiān
nán
suì
yuè
ràng
rén
zhōng
shēng
nán
wàng
 

The difficult years of lean times are unforgettable for a lifetime.