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啼饑號寒

简啼饥号寒 · 繁啼饑號寒

Mandarin · pinyin tí jī háo hán

(idiom) to cry from hunger and cold; to suffer extreme poverty

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啼: tí · weep, whimper; howl, twitter
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寒: hán · cold, wintry, chilly
饥: jī · hunger, starving; hungry; a famine
号: hào · mark, sign; symbol; number

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2–1–2–2 · ti2 ji1 hao2 han2

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