如饥似渴

如飢似渴

rújīsìkě

idiom #28,936

Meanings

1 eagerly
2 hungrily
3 to hunger and thirst for something

Characters

hunger / hungry

similar to / like

thirst / thirsty

Examples

他如饥似渴地阅读各种书籍。

Tā rú jī sì kě de yuèdú gè zhǒng shūjí.

He reads all kinds of books eagerly, as if hungry and thirsty.

年轻人如饥似渴地追求新知识。

Niánqīngrén rú jī sì kě de zhuīqiú xīn zhīshì.

Young people eagerly pursue new knowledge.

Tips

memory

饥 means hunger and 渴 means thirst. Imagining that you crave knowledge as desperately as you need food and water makes this idiom easy to remember.

Stroke Order

如 rú

饥 jī

似 sì

渴 kě