xiāo

枵

Character · Adjective

empty; hollow; hungry

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

adjective

empty; hollow; (of the stomach) famished

literary

A literary term used to describe an empty stomach or intestinal hunger. Often appears in set phrases describing hunger or physical emptiness.

Tā他
zhěng整
rì日
wèi未
shí食
 ，
xiāo枵
cháng肠
lù辘
lù辘
 。

He had not eaten all day, and his empty stomach was rumbling.

Jiù旧
shí时
de的
qīng清
guān官
cháng常
cháng常
xiāo枵
fù腹
cóng从
gōng公
 。

In the old days, honest officials often attended to public duties on empty stomachs.

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Cháng长
tú途
bá跋
shè涉
zhī之
hòu后
 ，
yī一
xíng行
rén人
gè个
gè个
xiāo枵
fù腹
nán难
rěn忍
 。

After the long trek, the entire group found it hard to endure their empty stomachs.