jī huāng
crop failure
famine
debt
difficulty
jī bù zé shí
when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers
When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
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
tí jī háo hán
hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
jī jǐn jiàn zhēn
famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
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