忍饥挨饿

忍飢挨餓

rěnjī-ái'è

idiom

Meanings

Literally 'endure hunger, suffer starvation' - two synonymous pairs for emphasis

HSK 4

为了省钱，他经常忍饥挨饿。

Wèile shěngqián, tā jīngcháng rěnjī-ái'è.

To save money, he often went hungry.

HSK 6

战争年代，很多人忍饥挨饿。

Zhànzhēng niándài, hěnduō rén rěnjī-ái'è.

During wartime, many people went hungry.

usage

忍饥挨饿 is more literary and emphatic than simply saying 饿 (hungry). It emphasizes prolonged suffering from lack of food.

忍 rěn

饥 jī

挨 āi

饿 è