饥渴 (jī kě): Meaning, Examples & Usage
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饥渴
饥渴
(jī kě): Hungry and thirsty (adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order
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饥 • jī • hunger, famine
jī
饥
hunger, famine
渴 • kě • thirsty • HSK 2.0 L3
HSK 3
kě
渴
thirsty
4.
Example Sentences with 饥渴
shā
沙
mò
漠
zhōng
中
de
的
lǚ
旅
rén
人
gǎn
感
dào
到
fēi
非
cháng
常
jī
饥
kě
渴
。
The traveler in the desert felt very hungry and thirsty.
tā
他
duì
对
zhī
知
shi
识
de
的
jī
饥
kě
渴
cù
促
shǐ
使
tā
他
bù
不
duàn
断
xué
学
xí
习
。
His thirst for knowledge drives him to keep learning.
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 饥渴.
Words with
饥
饥饿
jī è
hunger; starvation
饥荒
jī huāng
famine
忍饥挨饿
rěn jī ái è
starving
画饼充饥
huà bǐng chōng jī
to comfort oneself with illusions; to engage in wishful thinking instead of taking real action
Words with
渴
渴望
kě wàng
fall over oneself; dying to; thirst for
解渴
jiě kě
quench thirst
口渴
kǒu kě
thirsty
渴求
kě qiú
to yearn for; to crave
临渴掘井
lín kě jué jǐng
to act too late; to make preparations only when in urgent need; lack of foresight
望梅止渴
wàng méi zhǐ kě
to console oneself with illusions or to satisfy a desire by imagination when reality cannot provide it
