如飢似渴
rú​jī​sì​kě

to hunger for

  • created sense approved 如饥似渴/如飢似渴 · rú​jī​sì​kě · to hunger for — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    如饥似渴 / 如飢似渴

    rú​jī​sì​kě

    to hunger for

    as if hungry and thirsty; used as an idiom to describe a state of longing for something with great intensity or eagerness

    如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 饥 (literal) → 饥/飢 · jī · hungry 似 (literal) → 似 · sì · to resemble 渴 (literal) → 渴 · kě · thirsty

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

    created sense