jī hán jiāo pòdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty
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Original source entry:

飢寒交迫 饥寒交迫 [ji1 han2 jiao1 po4] /beset by hunger and cold (idiom)/starving and freezing/in desperate poverty/

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