忍饥挨饿 rěn jī ái è

DEFINITIONS

  1. starving
  2. famished

CHARACTERS

忍 rěn endure, bear, suffer; forbear
饥 jī hunger, starving; hungry; a famine
挨 ái near, close by, next to, towards, against; to wait; to lean on
饿 è hungry; greedy for; hunger