馁 (něi) — (bound form) hungry; starving (literary); (bound form) discouraged; disheartened (in set phrases)
Definition
A literary bound form, not used alone. 饥馁 = starving (physical hunger, classic/literary); 气馁 / 胜不骄，败不馁 = discouraged or losing heart (figurative, in fixed set phrases).
bound form
(bound form) hungrystarving (literary)(bound form) discourageddisheartened (in set phrases)
Examples
- ，馁，。Shèng bù jiāo, bài bù něi, cái shì zhēn zhèng de qiáng zhě.Not arrogant in victory and not discouraged in defeat — that's what makes a true strong person.
- 馁。Gǔ dài shī rén cháng xiě jī něi zhī kǔ.Ancient poets often wrote about the suffering of hunger.
- ，。Yù dào kùn nan bú yào qì něi, jiān chí jiù néng chéng gōng.Don't get disheartened when you encounter difficulties — keep at it and you'll succeed.
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