粮荒

Traditional form:

糧荒

Pinyin (reading):

liánghuāng

Definitions:

• famine
• critical shortage of grain

Characters:

• 粮 - food, grain, provisions
• 荒 - wasteland, desert; uncultivated

Traditional characters:

• 糧 - food, grain, provisions
• 荒 - wasteland, desert; uncultivated