饥寒交迫 (jī hán jiāo pò) — suffering from hunger and cold; poverty-stricken
Definition
A literary idiom meaning 'suffering both hunger and cold at once' — paints extreme, simultaneous deprivation, stronger than just saying someone is poor.
idiom
suffering from hunger and coldpoverty-stricken
Examples
- ，饥寒交迫。Zài jiù shè huì, xǔ duō qióng rén guò zhe jī hán jiāo pò de shēng huó.In the old society, many poor people lived a life of hunger and cold.
- 饥寒交迫，。Nà ge nàn mín jiā tíng jī hán jiāo pò, jí xū jiù zhù.That refugee family is suffering from hunger and cold and urgently needs help.
- 饥寒交迫。Xiǎo shuō miáo xiě le nóng mín jī hán jiāo pò de bēi cǎn chǔ jìng.The novel depicts the miserable situation of peasants suffering from hunger and cold.
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