chéng / lǐ / liáng / shi / duàn / jué / bǎi / xìng / luó / què / jué / shǔ / shēng / huó / shí / fēn / jiān / nán

城里粮食断绝，百姓罗雀掘鼠，生活十分艰难。

With food supplies cut off in the city, the people struggled desperately to find anything to eat.