蝗灾

蝗災
huángzāi
noun #54,257

Meanings

  1. 1 plague of locusts
  2. 2 locust infestation

Examples

HSK 5
Huángzāi duì nóngyè wēihài hěn dà.
Locust plagues do great harm to farming.
HSK 6
Huángzāi guòhòu, tián lǐ de zhuāngjia jīhū bèi chīguāng le.
After the locust plague, the crops in the fields had been almost completely eaten.

Tips

history
Chinese records count 蝗灾 among the great farming disasters, alongside 水灾 (floods) and 旱灾 (droughts). Swarms often followed a drought, and a locust year usually meant famine.

Stroke Order

蝗 huáng
灾 zāi