It was a famine year.

那年是个荒年。

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As the famine year, food shortages, farmers put the fire Lintong persimmon grain and flour pancake Luo Cheng, Yi-Jun supply of food, sufficient to rations.

时值荒年，粮食短缺，农民便把临潼的火晶柿子和面粉烙成饼子，供给义军食用，以充军粮。

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"We are very far away from the end of the famine," he stressed, saying it will likely be a year before anyone is sure the danger has passed.

“我们远没有离开饥荒”他强调说，很有可能需要一年时间才能保证危机过去。

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It might well fall into famine again this year.

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