空腹
kōng fù
Pinyin
Definition
空腹
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- an empty stomach
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一纸空文
- 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
人去楼空
- 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
- 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
- 3 the place is deserted
- 4 the birds have flown
以小人之心,度君子之腹
- 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
两手空空
- 1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
剖腹藏珠
- 1 lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)
- 2 fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
Sample Sentences
我猜是因为你喝酒前什么都没吃,空腹喝酒容易醉。
I guess that it's because you didn't eat before drinking. If you drink on an empty stomach you're more likely to get drunk.
什么?你不知道泡温泉以前不能吃太饱或是空腹吗?
What? Didn't you know that you can't go to a hot spring if you eat too much or have an empty stomach.