啼饥号寒 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to cry from hunger and cold; to suffer extreme poverty

Character by character

• 啼títo weep, to whimper; to howl; to crow
• 饥jīhungry, starving; hunger, famine
• 号háomark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to ro
• 寒hánchilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble

Idioms sharing a character

• 啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi
• 杜鹃啼血 dù juān tí xuè
• 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
• 饥肠辘辘 jī cháng lù lù
• 发号施令 fā hào shī lìng
• 不寒而栗 bù hán ér lì

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