Chinese word dictionary

充饥止渴

chōng jī zhǐ kě · to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)

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Word information

Simplified充饥止渴

Traditional充飢止渴

Pinyinchōng jī zhǐ kě

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

充chōng

to fill, to supply; to be full

饥jī

hungry, starving; hunger, famine

止zhǐ

to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist

渴kě

thirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for

How to learn 充饥止渴

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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渴kě

thirsty

禁止jìnzhǐ

to prohibit; to forbid; to ban

停止tíngzhǐ

to stop; to halt; to cease

补充bǔchōng

to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary; CL:個|个[ge4]

充电chōngdiàn

to recharge (a battery); (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure); to update one's skills and knowledge

充分chōngfèn

ample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full