jī​kě

crave

饥渴 (飢渴) jī​kě
crave noun
to have a strong desire or yearning for something, such as knowledge or love

He read every book in the library with a ravenous hunger for knowledge.

hungry and thirsty noun
physically suffering from hunger and thirst

Having lost his way in the desert, he is suffering from extreme hunger and thirst.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
5.01 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
1.97 per million

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