Chinese word dictionary

挨饿受冻

ái è shòu dòng · (idiom) to go cold and hungry

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Word information

Simplified挨饿受冻

Traditional挨餓受凍

Pinyinái è shòu dòng

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.

挨āi

close by, near, next to, towards, against; to lean on; to wait

饿è

hungry; greedy

受shòu

to receive, to get, to accept; to bear

冻dòng

cold; to freeze, to congeal; jelly

How to learn 挨饿受冻

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Words with the same characters

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饿è

hungry; to starve (sb)

受shòu

to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom

受到shòudào

to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)

感受gǎnshòu

to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience

接受jiēshòu

to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce

难受nánshòu

to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear