to suffer from hunger; to endure starvation; to be famished

to be beaten; to get thrashed; to come under attack; figuratively, to be criticized or suffer the consequences of being in a weak position

to be next to; to get close to or lean against

to get a thrashing; to be beaten or knocked about

To receive a scolding; to be cursed or criticized.

one by one; in turn

to go from door to door; one by one from one household to the next

To be criticized or to suffer blame; to undergo criticism or a public denunciation

to approach; to be near to; to sneak up on

To endure the torments of hunger; to live in starvation or suffer from famine.

from house to house; door-to-door; going from one household to the next in sequence

from door to door; house to house; visiting each household one by one

colloquial; in turn; one after another in a specific sequence

to be the target of an attack; to suffer political persecution or be put in a difficult position by others

to suffer from hunger and cold

to be criticized or denounced at a public meeting, especially during the Cultural Revolution

to go from house to house; to visit every household

in sequence; in the proper order; one by one

To endure physical beatings and verbal scoldings; often used as an idiom to describe being treated poorly or mistreated

going from door to door; moving from one house to the next one by one

To keep close to the edge; to be near a mark or a true figure.

To go from house to house in sequence; to visit every home in a neighborhood.

to crowd together or jostle

to be bullied and physically beaten; to suffer through physical abuse and emotional mistreatment

to lean on; to be near to; to depend on or rely on someone for support

(colloquial) to be scolded or criticized

(colloquial) to keep close to the edge or border

(idiom) shoulder to shoulder and back to back; describes a place being very crowded or packed with people

one is willing to strike while the other is willing to endure the blow; a situation where both parties enter into an arrangement or hardship voluntarily and cannot complain

to have no relation to the matter at hand; to be extraneous or superfluous

to rub one's face against another's body to show affection or intimacy, often of a child showing affection to an adult

to live together as a couple without being formally married

(dialect) to live together as a couple without being married; a couple living together out of wedlock

(dialect) to flirt with the opposite sex; to have a secret love affair; to commit adultery

to get told off or rebuked; to be scolded; to suffer blows

(colloquial) to receive a scolding or be criticized; to suffer a rebuke

to be criticized or suffer blame; to get a scolding

to be overcharged or cheated in a transaction; to suffer a financial loss as a consumer by being deceived

to delay; to procrastinate; to play for time

to go from house to house; visiting every household one by one

to move in a crowded way with bodies touching; to be packed together

to arrange in a sequence or line up one after another

to press against; to nuzzle up to

To go through days without hope; to struggle through difficult and painful times.

To stall or play for time; to dawdle or wait for time to pass while doing nothing.

To suffer a beating with a wooden paddle or board; also used figuratively to mean being severely criticized or taking the blame.

to tarry; to linger; to dawdle or waste time; to delay

To be punished or fined for a mistake or violation.

shoulder to shoulder; sitting or standing side by side; in close succession