- 气馁 qìněi to be discouragedto lose heart or lose courage; discouraged; despondent
- 自馁 zìněi to lose confidenceto lose confidence; to become disheartened or discouraged
- 冻馁 dòngněi cold and hungry(literary) to suffer from cold and hunger
- 胜不骄,败不馁 shèngbùjiāobàibùněi not arrogant in victory nor discouraged by defeatAn idiom meaning one should not be prideful when winning nor lose heart when failing.
- 若敖鬼馁 ruò'áoguǐněi to have no progeny(literary) to have no offspring to carry on the family name or offer ancestral sacrifices; a reference to a story from the [[左传|左傳|zuo3 zhuan4]] about the Ruo'ao family's ghosts going hungry due to a lack of descendants
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- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH