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hunger / starvation / famine
HSK 7-9
starving / famished
HSK 7-9
when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom)
hungry and thirsty / (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *飢* | 飢* | *飢
(bound form) hungry
to allay one's hunger
beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty
to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly / to long for sth
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
to suffer from hunger
bulimia
lit. to eat rotten meat to assuage hunger (idiom) / fig. to disregard long-term consequences for short-term benefits; shortsighted
(idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger; very hungry
lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).


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