jǐn

馑

Character · NounTraditional饉

famine; crop failure

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

famine; crop failure; bad harvest (usually used in the compound 饥馑)

archaic

In modern Chinese, this character is almost never used alone; it appears primarily in the literary compound 饥馑 (jījǐn) meaning 'famine'. The character distinguishes specifically from 饥 (grain shortage) in that 馉 refers to the failure of vegetable crops.

Lián连
nián年
jī饥
jìn馑
 ，
bǎi百
xìng姓
liú流
lí离
shī失
suǒ所
 。

Years of consecutive famine left the people displaced and homeless.

Gǔ谷
bù不
shú熟
yuē曰
jī饥
 ，
shū蔬
bù不
shú熟
yuē曰
jǐn馑
 。

When grain does not ripen it is called 'ji'; when vegetables do not ripen it is called 'jin'.

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Dà大
jī饥
jǐn馑
zhī之
hòu后
 ，
bì必
yǒu有
dà大
yì疫
 。

After a great famine, there is sure to come a great plague.