饥肠辘辘 (jī cháng lù lù) — very hungry; stomach growling with hunger
Definition
Written idiom meaning the stomach rumbles with hunger — vivid and literary, stronger than everyday 'hungry' (饿). Used in formal writing, not casual speech.
idiom
very hungrystomach growling with hunger
Examples
- ，饥肠辘辘。Wǒ yǐ jīng yì tiān méi chī fàn le, xiàn zài jī cháng lù lù.I haven't eaten for a day, now my stomach is growling with hunger.
- ，饥肠辘辘。Tā gǎn le yì tiān de lù, jī cháng lù lù dì zǒu jìn le fàn guǎn.After traveling all day, he walked into the restaurant ravenously hungry.
- ，饥肠辘辘。Kàn dào zhuō shàng de měi shí, jī cháng lù lù de wǒ rěn bú zhù dà kǒu chī qǐ lái.Seeing the delicious food on the table, I couldn't help but eat voraciously, my stomach rumbling with hunger.
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