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充飢
chōng jī
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to allay one's hunger
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充飢止渴
chōng jī zhǐ kě
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to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
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如飢似渴
rú jī sì kě
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to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly;
to long for sth
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忍飢挨餓
rěn jī ái è
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starving;
famished
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挨飢抵餓
ái jī dǐ è
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to suffer from hunger
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易飢症
yì jī zhèng
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bulimia
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漏脯充飢
lòu fǔ chōng jī
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to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
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畫餅充飢
huà bǐng chōng jī
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lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake;
to feed on illusions (idiom)
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飢不擇食
jī bù zé shí
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when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers;
When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
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飢寒交迫
jī hán jiāo pò
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beset by hunger and cold (idiom);
starving and freezing;
in desperate poverty
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飢渴
jī kě
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hungry and thirsty;
(fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
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飢腸轆轆
jī cháng lù lù
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stomach rumbling with hunger
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飢餓
jī è
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hunger;
starvation;
famine
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飽人不知餓人飢
bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī
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The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
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飽暖思淫欲，飢寒起盜心
bǎo nuǎn sī yín yù ， jī hán qǐ dào xīn
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lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)
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飽漢不知餓漢飢
bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī
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The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
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