jī cháng lù lù
stomach rumbling with hunger
jī hán jiāo pò
beset by hunger and cold (idiom)
starving and freezing
in desperate poverty
rú jī sì kě
to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly
to long for sth
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.
huà bǐng chōng jī
lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake
to feed on illusions (idiom)
bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
chōng jī zhǐ kě
to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
lòu fǔ chōng jī
to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
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