To be in an utterly desperate situation due to extreme famine, where people resort to cannibalism (breaking bones for fuel and exchanging children to eat).
灾荒之年，一些偏远地区曾陷入析骸易子的绝境，令人心痛。
During years of famine, some remote areas plunged into the desperate situation of "breaking bones for fuel and exchanging children for food," which was heartbreaking.
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