忍
饥
挨
饿

Starving in Chinese: 忍饥挨饿 (rěn jī ái è)

rěn jī ái è

starving

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 忍飢挨餓1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1starving
  2. 2famished

Stroke order

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忍
饥
挨
饿

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ㄖㄣˇ

rěn

ㄖ/ rㄣ/ enˇ/ third tone

ㄐㄧ

jī

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄞˊ

ái

ㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

ㄜˋ

è

ㄜ/ eˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

忍饥挨饿

Simplified

忍飢挨餓

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 战争年代，许多人常常忍饥挨饿。

    zhàn zhēng nián dài， xǔ duō rén cháng cháng rěn jī ái è。

    During the war years, many people often went hungry.

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Related words

饿

è

to be hungry

忍

rěn

to bear

挨

āi

in order

忍受

rěn shòu

to bear

挨打

ái dǎ

to take a beating

挨着

āi zhe

near

残忍

cán rěn

cruel

饥饿

jī è

hunger

忍耐

rěn nài

to endure

忍心

rěn xīn

to have the heart to do sth

容忍

róng rěn

to put up with

忍不住

rěn bu zhù

cannot help

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