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洪水让许多人缺衣少食，无家可归。The floods left many people destitute.

他们的一生都缺衣少食。They had lived all their lives in want.

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这个贫困的人缺衣少食。The poor man was in want of food and clothes.

我们缺衣少食的日子一去不复返了。Gone are the days when we are short of food and clothing.

机器生产财富，而我们缺衣少食。Machinery production of wealth, and we lack clothing Shaoshi.

中国一些偏僻地区的人们仍然缺衣少食。In China people living in some remote area still want food and clothes.

别的孩子想要什么就有什么，他们常常取笑他缺衣少食。The other children had everything they could want and often teased him about his clothes and food.

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为何有的人住在漂亮、豪华的大屋里，而有的人则缺衣少食地苟活在贫民窟里？Why does one man have a beautiful, luxurious home while another man lives out a meager existence in a slum?

那时连年灾荒，黄花的父母年老多病，加上缺衣少食，病在床上，奄奄一息。When the famine years in yellow, the parents are old and sick, and not have enough for food and clothing, sick in bed, be at one's last gasp.

此外，我们还广泛募集救助物资，解决孤儿缺衣少食的问题，并为身患重病的孤儿提供医疗救助，挽救了一个又一个幼小的生命。Other than this, we also collect clothes and food from society for the orphans. We provide medical aid to help orphans with serious illnesses.

娃娃兵的生存条件极其恶劣，缺衣少食，不能接受教育，不能享受健康保险，而这些都是他们成长过程中必不可少的。Child soldiers live under harsh conditions, are deprived of food, education and healthcare, all of which are essential for their growth and well-being.

上世纪五十年代，地处中国西南的四川省的刘家过着缺衣少食的生活，他们甚至将三儿子送给了一户姓陈的人家抱养。In the 1950s, the Liu family of southwest China's Sichuan Province was so short of food, they sent one of their youngest sons to be raised by another family.