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馑 (jǐn)
1. 荒年。
- Famine year.
2. 荒年:饥~。
- Famine year: famine-stricken.
3. 【本义】: 蔬菜和野菜都吃不上
- Original meaning: Unable to eat vegetables or wild vegetables.
4. 【造字法】: 形声。从食,堇( qín)声。
- Word formation: Phono-semantic compound, from "food" and the sound of "qín".
5. 同本义 ([En.] vegetable failure)
- Same as the original meaning: vegetable failure.
6. 谷物欠收 ([En.] crop failure)
- Insufficient grain harvest: crop failure.
7. 通“殣”。饿死。饿死的人 ([En.] person starved to death)
- Also means "death by starvation"; a person who has starved to death.
- 引例:
1. 《说文》:馑,蔬不熟曰馑。
- "Shuo Wen": "Famine means the vegetables are not ripe."
2. 可食之菜,皆不熟为馑。——《尔雅·释天》李注
- "Any edible vegetable that is unripe is called famine." — Li's commentary on "Erya"
3. 唐·白居易《除李逊京兆尹制》:或纷扰之际,或荒馑之余;威惠所加,罔不和辑。
- Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi: "In times of turmoil, or in the wake of famine, wherever the power of grace is extended, all will be harmonized."
8. 谷物欠收 ([En.] crop failure)
- References:
1. 《墨子·七患》:一谷不收谓之馑,二谷不收谓之旱。
- "Mozi": "If one type of grain fails, it is called famine; if two types fail, it is drought."
2. 《谷梁传·襄公二十四年》:二谷不升谓之饥,三谷不升谓之馑。
- "Guliang Zhuan": "If two types of grain do not grow, it is called hunger; if three types do not grow, it is famine."
9. 通“殣”。饿死。饿死的人 ([En.] person starved to death)
- References:
1. 《文选·班彪·王命论》:夫饿馑流隶,饥寒道路,思有短褐之袭,檐石之蓄。
- "Wen Xuan": "Being starved and famine-stricken, the roads are filled with hunger and cold; I wish to be wrapped in a short cloak, sheltered by eaves and rocks."
10. 缺乏 (【英】:lack)
- Lack.
- 引例:
1. 《盐铁论》:多者不独衍,少者不独馑。
- "Yan Tie Lun": "Those who have a lot do not expand alone; those who have little do not suffer famine alone."