Huángzāi guòhòu, tián lǐ de zhuāngjia jīhū bèi chīguāng le.
After the locust plague, the crops in the fields had been almost completely eaten.
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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.
