xiōng nián
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  • n.bad/famine year; off year; year of crop failure or famine

    • tā céng jīng lì xiōng nián jī suì

      经历凶年

      He once experienced years of famine.

    • jīn nián zāo tiān zāi yòu yù rén huò zhēn shi yī gè xiōng nián

      今年天灾人祸真是凶年

      There have been natural and man-made calamities this year. It is really a bad year.