Read Edit View history 春荒 chūnhuāng spring famine Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 春荒 chūnhuāng spring famine A famine occurring in the spring when the previous year's food supplies are exhausted but the new crops are not yet ripe for harvest spring slump A metaphorical period of economic stagnation or low market activity occurring in the first quarter of the year Frequency Written text 0.231 per million Cross-References See 青黄不接 qīnghuángbùjiē Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
春荒 chūnhuāng spring famine A famine occurring in the spring when the previous year's food supplies are exhausted but the new crops are not yet ripe for harvest spring slump A metaphorical period of economic stagnation or low market activity occurring in the first quarter of the year Frequency Written text 0.231 per million Cross-References See 青黄不接 qīnghuángbùjiē Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)