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飢腸轆轆

简 饥肠辘辘 · 繁 飢腸轆轆
Mandarin · pinyin jī cháng lù lù

Meanings

  1. (idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger; very hungry
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飢
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腸
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轆
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饥
jī · hunger, starving; hungry; a famine
肠
cháng · intestines; emotions; sausage
辘
lù · windlass, pulley, capstan; wheel
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Mandarin tones

1–2–4–4 · ji1 chang2 lu4 lu4

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gei1 coeng4 luk1 luk1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) one's stomach rumbles with hunger

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