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挨冻受饿
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挨冻受饿

挨冻受饿 — “To suffer from extreme poverty, lacking food and warmth”

挨冻受饿 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to suffer from extreme poverty, lacking food and warmth”. To be in a state of destitution. Literally, “endure cold and suffer hunger”.

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挨冻受饿 Pronunciation and Pinyin

挨冻受饿 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
挨
ái10suffer, endure, or delay
冻
dòng7to freeze or be frozen
受
shòu8receive, suffer, or endure
饿
è10to be hungry or starve

Example Sentence with 挨冻受饿

在那个艰难的时期,许多家庭都曾挨冻受饿,生活异常艰辛。
During that difficult period, many families endured cold and hunger, living an exceptionally tough life.

Idioms Related to 挨冻受饿

Synonyms of 挨冻受饿

  • rěn忍jī饥ái挨è饿endure hunger and starvation
  • ái挨è饿shòu受dòng冻suffer from hunger and cold

Antonyms of 挨冻受饿

  • fēng丰yī衣zú足shí食ample food and clothing

More idioms starting with 挨

  • āi挨sān三dǐng顶wǔ五a continuous stream of people
  • āi挨dòng冻shòu受jī饥suffer from cold and hunger
  • āi挨jiā家àn按hù户from house to house
  • āi挨jiā家āi挨hù户from house to house
  • āi挨shān山sè塞hǎi海jam-packed with people
  • ái挨dǎ打shòu受qì气suffer physical abuse and verbal humiliation
  • ái挨dǎ打shòu受mà骂to suffer physical and and verbal abuse
  • āi挨jiān肩dié叠bèi背packed shoulder to shoulder and back to back
  • āi挨jiān肩bìng并zú足packed shoulder to shoulder and foot to foot
  • āi挨jiān肩dā搭bèi背extremely intimate and affectionate
  • āi挨jiān肩cā擦bèi背jostling in a crowded place
  • āi挨jiān肩cā擦liǎn脸behave intimately or indecorously

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Questions about 挨冻受饿

What does 挨冻受饿 mean?

挨冻受饿 (ái dòng shòu è) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to suffer from extreme poverty, lacking food and warmth”.

How do you pronounce 挨冻受饿?

挨冻受饿 is pronounced ái dòng shòu è in Mandarin Chinese.

What does 挨冻受饿 literally mean?

Literally, 挨冻受饿 means “endure cold and suffer hunger”. It is used to mean “to suffer from extreme poverty, lacking food and warmth”.

What is the Chinese definition of 挨冻受饿?

指无衣无食的穷困境况。

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