cold and hunger; suffer from cold and starvation
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to suffer from cold and hunger; to be freezing and starving
literaryLiterary term often used in written Chinese to describe extreme poverty and lack of basic necessities. Can function as a verb ('to suffer') or noun phrase ('cold and hunger').
Nàn难
mín民
men们
dòng冻
něi馁
ér而
sǐ死
。
The refugees died of cold and hunger.
Wú无
dòng冻
něi馁
zhī之
yōu忧
。
Without worry of cold and hunger.
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Bǎi百
xìng姓
dòng冻
něi馁
，
liú流
lí离
shī失
suǒ所
。
The common people suffered from cold and hunger, displaced from their homes.
Miǎn免
yú于
dòng冻
něi馁
。
To be spared from cold and hunger.