嗷嗷待哺
áo'áo​dài​bǔ

to cry for food

  • created sense approved 嗷嗷待哺 · áo'áo​dài​bǔ · to cry for food — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    嗷嗷待哺

    áo'áo​dài​bǔ

    to cry for food

    to cry piteously while waiting to be fed; describes young birds or children crying from hunger, or a desperate situation where people are starving and waiting for relief

    嗷嗷 (reduplication) → 嗷 · áo · clamor 待 (literal) → 待 · dài · to wait 哺 (literal) → 哺 · bǔ · to feed

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense