饥不择食 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

饥 jī
HSK 6
hunger, starving; hungry; a famine
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
择 zé
HSK 3
select, choose, pick out
食 shí
HSK 5
eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184