十年九旱 meaning in English
have drought nine years out of ten; be hit by drought nine years out of ten; drought prevails almost every year
Examples
- Which is situated in the western of he nan and is drought year in year out and it is a multiple - purpose water supply development with agricultural irrigation , municipal water supply and rural water of men and domestic animals . the irrigation district was designed by he nan water survey designing institute in 1967 , and began to be built in 1970 . the aggregate main canal and the east - two main canal were built up and began to irrigate partially in 1974 . up of the dong song part of the main canal had been built in 1980 , and the first periodical project was completed in 1991 . one part of the west main canal was built afterward
河南省陆浑灌区是河南省百万亩以上大型灌区之一，地处十年九旱的河南省西部，是一集农业灌溉，城市供水，农村人蓄吃水为一体的多目标供水工程，灌区于1967年由河南省水利勘测设计院开始勘测规划设计， 1970年开工建设， 1974年建成总干渠、东二干渠，并通水局部施灌， 1980年完成东一干渠东宋以上渠段， 1991年第一期工程竣工验收，以后又修建了西干渠部分工程。