The age of hunger

The age of hunger

The Chinese idiom, Xi ō ngni á NJ ī Su ì in pinyin, means famine years. It's from Mencius, King Liang Hui.

The origin of Idioms

Mencius · Liang Hui Wang Xia: "when you are hungry, the people of the king, the old and the weak turn to ravines, and the strong scatter in all directions, thousands of people."

Analysis of Idioms

Evil year

Antonym: peace and prosperity

Idiom usage

As a subject, an object, an attribute

Examples

As a commander, he will keep the people in the territory from dying. The Song Dynasty's twelve waishu