充饥止渴 (充飢止渴)
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Pinyin
Definition
充饥止渴 (充飢止渴)
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- to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
令行禁止
- 1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
- 2 to ensure strictly obedience
充耳不闻
- 1 to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
充饥止渴
- 1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
叹为观止
- 1 (idiom) to gasp in amazement
- 2 to acclaim as the peak of perfection
如饥似渴
- 1 to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly
- 2 to long for sth