饥饿 (飢餓)
jī è
Pinyin

Definition

饥饿 (飢餓)
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jī è
  1. hunger
  2. starvation
  3. famine

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

饿
è
  1. 1 to be hungry
  2. 2 hungry
  3. 3 to starve (sb)
饥饿
jī è
  1. 1 hunger
  2. 2 starvation
  3. 3 famine
饿死
è sǐ
  1. 1 to starve to death
  2. 2 to be very hungry
充饥
chōng jī
  1. 1 to allay one's hunger
如饥似渴
rú jī sì kě
  1. 1 to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly
  2. 2 to long for sth

Idioms (14)

充饥止渴
chōng jī zhǐ kě
  1. 1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
如饥似渴
rú jī sì kě
  1. 1 to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly
  2. 2 to long for sth
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)
漏脯充饥
lòu fǔ chōng jī
  1. 1 to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
画饼充饥
huà bǐng chōng jī
  1. 1 lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake
  2. 2 to feed on illusions (idiom)

Sample Sentences

唐僧应道：“也是，为师肚子也有些饥饿，不如我们暂且休息一下。”
Táng Sēng yìngdào ：“yě shì ，wéishī dùzi yě yǒuxiē jī\'è ，bùrú wǒmen zànqiě xiūxi yīxià 。”
Tang replied, "True. I'm also a bit hungry. We'd better rest for now."
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