(bound form) hungry
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hunger / starvation / famine
hungry and thirsty / (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty
(idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger / very hungry
beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty
to hunger for sth (idiom) / eagerly / to long for sth
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.
famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
to allay one's hunger
(idiom) to cry from hunger and cold / to suffer extreme poverty
starving / famished
to suffer from hunger
bulimia
(lit.) to eat rotten meat to assuage hunger (idiom) / (fig.) to disregard long-term consequences for short-term benefits / shortsighted
lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom)
storing grain against a famine / to lay sth by for a rainy day / also written 積穀防飢|积谷防饥
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
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