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忍飢挨餓

简忍饥挨饿 · 繁忍飢挨餓

Mandarin · pinyin rěn jī ái è

starving
famished

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忍: rěn · endure, bear, suffer; forbear
飢: Look up this written character
挨: āi · near, close by, next to, towards, against; to wait; to lean on
餓: Look up this written character
饥: jī · hunger, starving; hungry; a famine
饿: è · hungry; greedy for; hunger

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3–1–2–4 · ren3 ji1 ai2 e4

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jan2 gei1 aai1 ngo6

Cantonese word readings for 忍飢挨餓. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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