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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jījǐnjiànzhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄣˇ 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

1. 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. [Pinyin]

     That Heaven [thus] sends down death and disorder?
     Famine comes again and again.