饥不择食
Traditional form:
飢不擇食
Pinyin (reading):
jībùzéshí
Definitions:
- 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.
Characters:
- 饥 - hungry, starving; hunger, famine
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 择 - to select, to choose
- 食 - food; to eat
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