jī kě

Traditional: 飢渴

饥渴 (jī kě) is a Chinese word meaning “hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)”.

Meanings

  1. 1hungry and thirsty
  2. 2(fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)

Characters in 饥渴

饥jī · (bound form) hungry渴kě · thirsty

Related words

渴望to thirst for渴thirsty饥饿hunger口渴thirsty渴求to long for饥荒crop failure饥(bound form) hungry饥variant of 飢|饥[ji1]饥肠辘辘(idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger; very hungry如饥似渴to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly解渴to quench饥寒交迫beset by hunger and cold (idiom)

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