饥 饿 jī è hunger / starvation / famine 饥 荒 jī huāng crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty 灾 荒 zāi huāng natural disaster / famine 凶 vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine / variant of 兇|凶[xiong1] 凶 荒 xiōng huāng (literary) famine 粮 荒 liáng huāng famine / critical shortage of grain 大 跃 进 Dà yuè jìn Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies 逃 荒 táo huāng to escape from a famine / to get away from a famine-stricken region 荒 年 huāng nián year of famine 馑 time of famine or crop failure 民 生 凋 敝 mín shēng diāo bì the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom) / a time of famine and impoverishment 积 谷 防 饥 jī gǔ fáng jī storing grain against a famine / to lay sth by for a rainy day / also written 積穀防飢|积谷防饥 饿 殍 载 道 è piǎo zài dào starved corpses fill the roads (idiom) / state of famine 饿 莩 载 道 è piǎo zài dào starved corpses fill the roads (idiom) / state of famine 饿 莩 遍 野 è piǎo biàn yě starving people everywhere (idiom) / a state of famine 饥 馑 荐 臻 jī jǐn jiàn zhēn famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs) 凶 年 xiōng nián year of famine 乐 施 会 Lè shī huì Oxfam (Oxford Committee for Famine Relief) 荒 旱 huāng hàn drought and famine 赈 捐 zhèn juān money donation to relieve distress or famine 非 洲 饥 荒 管 理 综 合 信 息 系 统 fēi zhōu jī huāng guǎn lǐ zōng hé xìn xī xì tǒng Consolidated Information System for Famine Management in Africa 代 食 品 famine food 饥 馑 早 期 警 报 jī jǐn zǎo qī jǐng bào famine early warning 援 助 非 洲 饥 荒 紧 急 方 案 yuán zhù fēi zhōu jī huāng jǐn jí fāng àn African Famine Emergency 饥 荒 预 警 系 统 jī huāng yù jǐng xì tǒng Famine Early Warning System / Famine Early Warning System Network 非 洲 干 旱 饥 荒 特 别 紧 急 援 助 基 金 Special Emergency Assistance Fund for Drought and Famine in Africa 援 助 发 生 饥 荒 和 营 养 不 良 的 国 家 信 托 基 金 Trust Fund for Countries Afflicted by Famine and Malnutrition 非 洲 干 旱 饥 荒 特 别 紧 急 援 助 基 金 章 程 Statute of the Special Emergency Assistance Fund for Drought and Famine in Africa 撑 死 胆 大 的 ， 饿 死 胆 小 的 chēng sǐ dǎn dà de , è sǐ dǎn xiǎo de fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom) 离 乱 lí luàn social upheaval caused by war or famine etc
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