懂中文 Dong Chinese
Dictionary
Log in
  • Learn
  • Dictionary
  • Media
  • Settings
饥肠辘辘
jī​cháng​lù​lù

stomach rumbling with hunger

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 饥肠 飢腸 jī​cháng adjective
    empty stomach
    (literary) a hungry stomach; an empty stomach, often used in the phrase 饥肠辘辘 jī​cháng​lù​lù to describe a growling stomach
  2. 辘 轆 lù
    reduplication
    windlass
    (bound form) a windlass; a pulley used to lift heavy objects or draw water from a well