starve; go hungry
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesverb
to starve; to suffer from hunger; to go without food
dialectThis term is chiefly used in dialectal or regional speech, often describing chronic hunger or famine conditions rather than temporary hunger.
Jiù旧
shè社
huì会
lǎo老
bǎi百
xìng姓
cháng常
cháng常
è饿
fàn饭
。
In the old society, common people often went hungry.
Tā他
xiǎo小
shí时
hou候
jiā家
lǐ里
qióng穷
，
jīng经
cháng常
è饿
fàn饭
。
When he was young, his family was poor and frequently suffered from hunger.