created reference approved 饥不择食/飢不擇食 → 寒不择衣/寒不擇衣 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
饥不择食 / 飢不擇食 jībùzéshí
寒不择衣 / 寒不擇衣 hánbùzéyī
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created reference approved 饥不择食/飢不擇食 → 慌不择路/慌不擇路 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
饥不择食 / 飢不擇食 jībùzéshí
慌不择路 / 慌不擇路 huāngbùzélù
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created reference approved 饥不择食/飢不擇食 → 贫不择妻/貧不擇妻 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
饥不择食 / 飢不擇食 jībùzéshí
贫不择妻 / 貧不擇妻 pínbùzéqī
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created sense approved 饥不择食/飢不擇食 · jībùzéshí · beggars can't be choosers — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
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
饥 (literal) → 饥/飢 · jī · hungry 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 择食 (literal) → 择食/擇食 · zéshí · to be picky with food
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition