饥寒交迫

Traditional: 飢寒交迫

jī hán jiāo pò

Dictionary entry

beset by hunger and cold (idiom)

What does 饥寒交迫 mean?

饥寒交迫 (jī hán jiāo pò) has the following dictionary meaning.

1beset by hunger and cold (idiom)

2starving and freezing

3in desperate poverty

Character breakdown

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饥jī(bound form) hungry 寒háncold · poor 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over · to make friends 迫pòvariant of 迫[po4] · to persecute

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饥寒交迫

jī hán jiāo pò

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