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三年自然災害
saam1 nin4 zi6 jin4 zoi1 hoi6 |
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the three years beginning with 1959 were known as the Three Years of Natural Disasters such that food was in desperate shortage and production fell dramatically as a result of the Great Leap Forward (大躍進) Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:三 saam1 saam3 - three; several年 nin4 - year 自 zi6 - self; private; personal 然 jin4 - yes, correct; nevertheless 災 zoi1 - calamity; disaster; catastrophe 害 hoi6 - harm; disadvantage; disaster; kill |
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