飢不擇食 jī bù zé shí

DEFINITIONS

  1. when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers
  2. When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.

CHARACTERS

飢 jī hunger, starving; hungry; a famine
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
擇 zé select, choose, pick out
食 shí
HSK 5
eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184