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Usage of the character 饿

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饿
[餓]
  • hungry
  • to starve (sb)
èguǐ
饿鬼
[餓鬼]
  • sb who is always hungry
  • glutton
  • (Buddhism) hungry ghost
èsǐ
饿死
[餓死]
  • to starve to death
  • to be very hungry
ái'è
挨饿
[挨餓]
  • to go hungry
  • to endure starvation
  • famished
èpiǎo
饿殍
[餓殍]
  • starving people
jiě'è
解饿
[解餓]
  • to relieve hunger
qióng'è
穷饿
[窮餓]
  • exhausted and hungry
jī'è
饥饿
[飢餓]
  • hunger
  • starvation
  • famine
èpiǎo
饿莩
[餓莩]
  • starving people
èdùzi
饿肚子
[餓肚子]
  • to go hungry
  • to starve
èpiǎozàidào
饿莩载道
[餓莩載道]
  • starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
èpiǎozàidào
饿殍载道
[餓殍載道]
  • starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
èpiǎobiànyě
饿莩遍野
[餓莩遍野]
  • starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine
rěnjī'ái'è
忍饥挨饿
[忍飢挨餓]
  • starving
  • famished
áijīdǐ'è
挨饥抵饿
[挨飢抵餓]
  • to suffer from hunger
èhǔpūshí
饿虎扑食
[餓虎撲食]
  • like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey
shòudòng'ái'è
受冻挨饿
[受凍挨餓]
  • to go cold and hungry
bǎohànbùzhī'èhànjī
饱汉不知饿汉饥
[飽漢不知餓漢飢]
  • The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
bǎorénbùzhī'èrénjī
饱人不知饿人饥
[飽人不知餓人飢]
  • The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
lǎotiānyé'èbùsǐxiājiāquè
老天爷饿不死瞎家雀
[老天爺餓不死瞎家雀]
  • lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom)
  • fig. don't give up hope
  • if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel
chēngsǐdǎndàde,èsǐdǎnxiǎode
撑死胆大的,饿死胆小的
[撐死膽大的,餓死膽小的]
  • fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)