hungry stomach; hunger
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
hungry stomach; pangs of hunger
literaryA literary term, not commonly used in modern spoken Chinese. Almost exclusively appears in the idiom '饥肠辘辘'.
Jīng经
guò过
yī一
tiān天
de的
bá跋
shè涉
，
dà大
jiā家
zǎo早
yǐ已
jī饥
cháng肠
lù辘
lù辘
。
After a day's trek, everyone's stomachs were already growling with hunger.
Tīng听
dào到
shí食
wù物
de的
xiāng香
qì气
，
wǒ我
jī饥
cháng肠
lù辘
lù辘
de的
dù肚
zi子
jiào叫
de得
gèng更
xiǎng响
le了
。
Upon smelling the food, my hungry stomach growled even louder.