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饿

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Definitions

  1. 1. to be hungry
  2. 2. hungry
  3. 3. to starve (sb)

Example Sentences

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我不 饿 。
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Words Containing 饿

忍饥挨饿
rěn jī ái è

starving

饥饿
jī è

hunger

挨饥抵饿
ái jī dǐ è

to suffer from hunger

挨饿
ái è

to go hungry

穷饿
qióng è

exhausted and hungry

老天爷饿不死瞎家雀
lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què

lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom)

解饿
jiě è

to relieve hunger

饱人不知饿人饥
bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī

The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

饱汉不知饿汉饥
bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī

The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

饿死
è sǐ

to starve to death

饿殍
è piǎo

starving people

饿殍载道
è piǎo zài dào

starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine

饿肚子
è dù zi

to go hungry

饿莩
è piǎo

starving people

饿莩载道
è piǎo zài dào

starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine

饿莩遍野
è piǎo biàn yě

starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine

饿虎扑食
è hǔ pū shí

like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey

饿鬼
è guǐ

sb who is always hungry

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