穷饿
qióng è
Pinyin

Definition

穷饿
 - 
qióng è
  1. exhausted and hungry

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

穷
qióng
  1. 1 poor
  2. 2 destitute
  3. 3 to use up
  4. 4 to exhaust
  5. 5 thoroughly
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
饿
è
  1. 1 to be hungry
  2. 2 hungry
  3. 3 to starve (sb)
饿死
è sǐ
  1. 1 to starve to death
  2. 2 to be very hungry
其乐无穷
qí lè wú qióng
  1. 1 boundless joy
回味无穷
huí wèi wú qióng
  1. 1 leaving a rich aftertaste
  2. 2 (fig.) memorable
  3. 3 lingering in memory
层出不穷
céng chū bù qióng
  1. 1 more and more emerge
  2. 2 innumerable succession
  3. 3 breeding like flies (idiom)
挨饿
ái è
  1. 1 to go hungry
  2. 2 to endure starvation
  3. 3 famished
无穷
wú qióng
  1. 1 endless
  2. 2 boundless
  3. 3 inexhaustible
无穷无尽
wú qióng wú jìn
  1. 1 endless
  2. 2 boundless
  3. 3 infinite
穷人
qióng rén
  1. 1 poor people
  2. 2 the poor
穷光蛋
qióng guāng dàn
  1. 1 poor wretch
  2. 2 pauper
  3. 3 destitute man
  4. 4 poverty-stricken peasant
  5. 5 penniless good-for-nothing
  6. 6 impecunious vagabond
贫穷
pín qióng
  1. 1 poor
  2. 2 impoverished
饥饿
jī è
  1. 1 hunger
  2. 2 starvation
  3. 3 famine
饿肚子
è dù zi
  1. 1 to go hungry
  2. 2 to starve
一穷二白
yī qióng èr bái
  1. 1 impoverished
  2. 2 backward both economically and culturally
人穷志短
rén qióng zhì duǎn
  1. 1 poor and with low expectations
  2. 2 poverty stunts ambition
其乐不穷
qí lè bù qióng
  1. 1 boundless joy
力大无穷
lì dà wú qióng
  1. 1 extraordinary strength
  2. 2 super strong
  3. 3 strong as an ox
受穷
shòu qióng
  1. 1 poor
哭穷
kū qióng
  1. 1 to bewail one's poverty
  2. 2 to complain about being hard up
  3. 3 to pretend to be poor

Idioms (20)

人穷志不穷
rén qióng zhì bù qióng
  1. 1 poor but with great ambitions (idiom)
  2. 2 poor but principled
国弱民穷
guó ruò mín qióng
  1. 1 the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
安富恤穷
ān fù xù qióng
  1. 1 to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
层出不穷
céng chū bù qióng
  1. 1 more and more emerge
  2. 2 innumerable succession
  3. 3 breeding like flies (idiom)
山穷水尽
shān qióng shuǐ jìn
  1. 1 mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
  2. 2 nowhere to go
后患无穷
hòu huàn wú qióng
  1. 1 it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)
打蛇不死，后患无穷
dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng
  1. 1 if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom)
撑死胆大的，饿死胆小的
chēng sǐ dǎn dà de , è sǐ dǎn xiǎo de
  1. 1 fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)
救急不救穷
jiù jí bù jiù qióng
  1. 1 help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
日暮途穷
rì mù tú qióng
  1. 1 sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
  2. 2 at a dead end
民穷财尽
mín qióng cái jìn
  1. 1 the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy
理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng
  1. 1 faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments
  2. 2 without a leg to stand on
穷兵黩武
qióng bīng dú wǔ
  1. 1 to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)
  2. 2 militaristic
  3. 3 bellicose
穷则思变
qióng zé sī biàn
  1. 1 when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)
穷奢极侈
qióng shē jí chǐ
  1. 1 extravagant in the extreme (idiom)
穷奢极欲
qióng shē jí yù
  1. 1 to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
穷家薄业
qióng jiā bó yè
  1. 1 poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
  2. 2 destitute
穷山恶水
qióng shān è shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. inhospitable natural environment
穷思苦想
qióng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to think hard (idiom)
  2. 2 to give sth much thought
穷当益坚
qióng dāng yì jiān
  1. 1 poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined
  2. 2 the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back

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