饥肠辘辘 — Chinese idiom
饥肠辘辘
jī cháng lù lù
Traditional: 飢腸轆轆
Meaning
- stomach rumbling with hunger; very hungry
Character by character
- 饥jīhungry, starving; hunger, famine
- 肠chángintestines; emotions; sausage
- 辘lùwindlass, pulley, capstan
- 辘lùwindlass, pulley, capstan
Idioms sharing a character
- 啼饥号寒 tí jī háo hán
- 如饥似渴 rú jī sì kě
- 漏脯充饥 lòu fǔ chōng jī
- 画饼充饥 huà bǐng chōng jī
- 饥不择食 jī bù zé shí
- 饥寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò
- 互诉衷肠 hù sù zhōng cháng
- 小肚鸡肠 xiǎo dù jī cháng
- 愁肠百结 chóu cháng bǎi jié
- 搜索枯肠 sōu suǒ kū cháng
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