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- starving and freezing
- in desperate poverty
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- beset by hunger and cold (idiom)
- starving and freezing
- in desperate poverty
This idiom describes a situation where someone is suffering from extreme hunger and cold, often indicating a dire living condition.
In winter, he often feels beset by hunger and cold.
She experienced days beset by hunger and cold while living on the streets.
This meaning emphasizes the physical state of lacking food and warmth, highlighting severe hardship.
They were trapped on the mountain, facing a crisis of starving and freezing.
In such weather, many homeless people are starving and freezing.
This meaning reflects a broader context of extreme financial hardship, where basic needs are not met.
They live in desperate poverty, with almost no money to buy food.
She had to beg from others because she was in desperate poverty.
Generated collocations (experimental)
jī hán jiāo pò饥寒交迫to be beset by hunger and coldshēng huó生活jī hán jiāo pò饥寒交迫to live in desperate povertyjī hán jiāo pò饥寒交迫de的rì zi日子days of hunger and coldzài在jī hán jiāo pò饥寒交迫Zhōng中shēng cún生存to survive in desperate povertyjī hán jiāo pò饥寒交迫de的jìng kuàng境况circumstances of being beset by hunger and coldjī hán jiāo pò饥寒交迫de的yǐng xiǎng影响the impact of being in dire povertyjī hán jiāo pò饥寒交迫de的rén mín人民people suffering from hunger and coldjī hán jiāo pò饥寒交迫ràng让rén人xīn tòng心痛the plight of hunger and cold is heart-wrenchingjī hán jiāo pò饥寒交迫de的jiā tíng家庭families in desperate circumstancesjī hán jiāo pò饥寒交迫de的ér tóng儿童children suffering from hunger and cold