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饥不择食【jī bù zé shí】

when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers
When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.

饥不择食【jī bù zé shí】

when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers
When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.

饥

HSK 7-9

含义hunger, starving; hungry; a famine

拼音jī

不

HSK 11

含义no, not; un-; negative prefix

拼音bù

择

HSK 4

含义select, choose, pick out

拼音zé

食

HSK 21

含义eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184

拼音shí