汉英词典
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饿死
( 餓死 )
è sǐ
to starve to death / to be very hungry
( 餓死 )
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饥渴
( 飢渴 )
jī kě
hungry and thirsty / (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
( 飢渴 )
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挨饿
( 挨餓 )
ái è
to go hungry / to endure starvation / famished
( 挨餓 )
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饿鬼
( 餓鬼 )
è guǐ
sb who is always hungry / glutton / (Buddhism) hungry ghost
( 餓鬼 )
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断炊
( 斷炊 )
duàn chuī
run out of rice and fuel / can't keep the pot boiling / go hungry
( 斷炊 )
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cài sè
dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition)
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饿肚子
( 餓肚子 )
è dù zi
to go hungry / to starve
( 餓肚子 )
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喝西北风
( 喝西北風 )
hē xī běi fēng
lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
( 喝西北風 )
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yàn kǒu
hungry ghosts who spit fire
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饿饭
( 餓飯 )
è fàn
go hungry / go without food
( 餓飯 )
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断顿
( 斷頓 )
duàn dùn
can't afford the next meal / go hungry
( 斷頓 )
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饥餐渴饮
( 飢餐渴飲 )
jī cān kě yǐn
eat when hungry and drink when thirsty / When one is hungry, he eats and when thirsty he drinks.
( 飢餐渴飲 )
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权欲熏心
( 權慾薰心 )
quán yù xūn xīn
obsessed by a craving for power / power-hungry
( 權慾薰心 )
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饿虎扑食
( 餓虎撲食 )
è hǔ pū shí
like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey
( 餓虎撲食 )
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饥不择食
( 飢不擇食 )
jī bù zé shí
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.
( 飢不擇食 )
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