饥不择食(jī bù zé shí): when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 飢不擇食
when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- jī bù zé shí
- Meaning
- when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 飢不擇食
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 饥不择食 — tap one to open its word page.
rěn忍jī饥āi挨è饿
HSK 7-9starving
jī饥è饿
HSK 7-9hunger
yī一bù不xiǎo小xīn心
HSK 7-9to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally
yī一dòng动bù不dòng动
HSK 7-9motionless
yī一chéng成bù不biàn变
HSK 7-9(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
yī一máo毛bù不bá拔
HSK 7-9(lit.) unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom)
yī一shēng声bù不kēng吭
HSK 7-9to not say a word
yī一yán言bù不fā发
HSK 7-9to not say a word (idiom)
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