There was a critical shortage of food then.

当时粮食奇缺.

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The rain was absent and the air was so crisp that it hurt the lungs.

空气干燥,雨水奇缺,几乎影响了人的正常呼吸.

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County because of the higher terrain of water scarcity.

全县由于地势较高而水源奇缺.

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The health clinic is short of medicine, which is inconvenient for treating people's illnesses.

医疗站的药品奇缺,给人民看病带来不便.

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Everyone moved to the cities looking for work, and the severe lack of housing came next.

人人都进城找工作, 结果是住房奇缺.

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