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如飢似渴

简 如饥似渴 · 繁 如飢似渴
Mandarin · pinyin rú jī sì kě

Meanings

  1. to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly
  2. to long for sth
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Characters in this entry

如
rú · if, supposing; as if; like, as
飢
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似
sì · resemble, similar to; as if, seem
渴
kě · thirsty, parched; yearn, pine
饥
jī · hunger, starving; hungry; a famine
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2–1–4–3 · ru2 ji1 si4 ke3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyu4 gei1 ci5 hot3

Cantonese word readings for 如飢似渴. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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jyu4 gei1 ci5 hot3

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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phrase

  1. (simile) as if thirsting or hungering for something; with great eagerness

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