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飢腸轆轆

简饥肠辘辘 · 繁飢腸轆轆

Mandarin · pinyin jī cháng lù lù

(idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger; very hungry

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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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1–2–4–4 · ji1 chang2 lu4 lu4

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(idiomatic) one's stomach rumbles with hunger

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