如饥似渴

如飢似渴

rújī-sìkě

idiom #28,936

Meanings

HSK 5

年轻人如饥似渴地追求新知识。

Niánqīngrén rújī-sìkě de zhuīqiú xīn zhīshi.

Young people eagerly pursue new knowledge.

HSK 6

他如饥似渴地阅读各种书籍。

Tā rújī-sìkě de yuèdú gèzhǒng shūjí.

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

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.

如 rú

饥 jī

似 sì

渴 kě