饥肠辘辘

飢腸轆轆

jīcháng-lùlù

idiom #26,905

Meanings

1 stomach rumbling with hunger
2 famished
3 very hungry

Characters

intestines; bowels

rumbling sound (onomatopoeic)

Examples

他跑了一整天，回家时已经饥肠辘辘。

Tā pǎo le yīzhěngtiān, huíjiā shí yǐjīng jīchánglùlù.

He had been running around all day and came home famished.

孩子们饥肠辘辘地等待午饭。

Háizi men jīchánglùlù de děngdài wǔfàn.

The children waited for lunch with their stomachs rumbling.

Tips

memory

饥 = 'hungry,' 肠 = 'intestines/belly,' 辘辘 is onomatopoeia for the rumbling sound of an empty stomach. You can almost hear the growling!

Stroke Order

饥 jī

肠 cháng

辘 lù