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Character Decomposition
饿=饣+我
Etymology
To want 我 food 饣; 我 also provides the pronunciation
Meanings
hungry
to starve (sb)
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Words with 饿 68 total
sb who is always hungry · glutton · (Buddhism) hungry ghost饿鬼è guǐstarving people饿殍è piǎohunger · starvation · famine饥饿jī èexhausted and hungry穷饿qióng èto go hungry · to endure starvation · famished挨饿ái èto relieve hunger解饿jiě è(coll.) to be famished; ravenously hungry饿扁è biǎnto starve to death · to be very hungry饿死è sǐto go hungry · to starve饿肚子è dù zilike a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey饿虎扑食è hǔ pū shístarving · famished忍饥挨饿rěn jī ái èto suffer from hunger挨饥抵饿ái jī dǐ è(idiom) to go cold and hungry挨饿受冻ái è shòu dòngstarved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine饿殍载道è piǎo zài dàostarved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine饿莩载道è piǎo zài dàostarving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine饿莩遍野è piǎo biàn yě
Idioms with 饿 19 total Chain
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).饱汉不知饿汉饥bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jīThe well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).饱人不知饿人饥bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jīstarving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine饿莩遍野è piǎo biàn yěstarved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine饿莩载道è piǎo zài dàolike a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey饿虎扑食è hǔ pū shí
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