饥不择食 jībùzéshí beggars can't be choosers Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 饥不择食 飢不擇食 jībùzéshí beggars can't be choosers when hungry, one cannot be picky about what they eat; also describes being in such urgent need that one cannot afford to be selective Frequency Written text 0.337 per million Cross-References Synonym 寒不择衣 hánbùzéyī慌不择路 huāngbùzélù贫不择妻 pínbùzéqī Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
饥不择食 飢不擇食 jībùzéshí beggars can't be choosers when hungry, one cannot be picky about what they eat; also describes being in such urgent need that one cannot afford to be selective Frequency Written text 0.337 per million Cross-References Synonym 寒不择衣 hánbùzéyī慌不择路 huāngbùzélù贫不择妻 pínbùzéqī Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
