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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1饥饿 飢餓 èji1 e4hunger; starvation; famine
2 ji1hungry; variant of
3又饥又渴 又飢又渴 yòu yòu you4 ji1 you4 ke3both hungry and thirsty (idiom)
4挨饥抵饿 挨飢抵餓 ái èai2 ji1 di3 e4to suffer from hunger
5忍饥挨饿 忍飢挨餓 rěn ái èren3 ji1 ai2 e4starving; famished
6漏脯充饥 漏脯充飢 lòu chōng lou4 fu3 chong1 ji1to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
7饥者甘食 飢者甘食 zhě gān shíji1 zhe3 gan1 shi2All food tastes delicious to those who are hungry. (idiom)
8饥名渴势 飢名渴勢 míng shìji1 ming2 ke3 shi4greedy for honor and power (idiom)
9饥渴 飢渴 ji1 ke3hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
10饥馑荐臻 饑饉薦臻 jǐn jiàn zhēnji1 jin3 jian4 zhen1famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
11饥火中烧 飢火中燒 huǒ zhōng shāoji1 huo3 zhong1 shao1to be very hungry (idiom)
12饥荒 饑荒 huāngji1 huang1crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty
13饥寒交迫 飢寒交迫 hán jiāo ji1 han2 jiao1 po4beset by hunger and cold (idiom); starving and freezing; in desperate poverty
14积谷防饥 積穀防饑 fáng ji1 gu3 fang2 ji1storing grain against a famine; to lay sth by for a rainy day; also written 积谷防饥
15饥附饱飏 飢附飽颺 bǎo yángji1 fu4 bao3 yang2to cling to sb. when needed and abandon him when no longer needed (idiom)
16饥肠辘辘 飢腸轆轆 cháng ji1 chang2 lu4 lu4stomach rumbling with hunger
17饥不择食 飢不擇食 shíji1 bu4 ze2 shi2when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers; When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
18饥饱劳碌 飢飽勞碌 bǎo láo ji1 bao3 lao2 lu4to slave all day long with no assurance when the next meal will come (idiom)
19画饼充饥 畫餅充飢 huà bǐng chōng hua4 bing3 chong1 ji1lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake; to feed on illusions (idiom)
20号寒啼饥 號寒啼飢 háo hán hao2 han2 ti2 ji1to cry out because of hunger and cold (idiom)
21充饥止渴 充飢止渴 chōng zhǐ chong1 ji1 zhi3 ke3to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
22充饥 充飢 chōng chong1 ji1to allay one's hunger
23饱人不知饿人饥 飽人不知餓人飢 bǎo rén zhī è rén bao3 ren2 bu4 zhi1 e4 ren2 ji1The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
24饱暖思淫欲,饥寒起盗心 飽暖思淫欲,飢寒起盜心 bǎo nuǎn yín , hán dào xīnbao3 nuan3 si1 yin2 yu4 , ji1 han2 qi3 dao4 xin1lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)
25饱汉不知饿汉饥 飽漢不知餓漢飢 bǎo hàn zhī è hàn bao3 han4 bu4 zhi1 e4 han4 ji1The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

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