饥饿 | jī è | hunger / starvation / famine | |
挨饿 | ái è | to go hungry / to endure starvation / famished | |
莩 | piǎo | used for 殍 / piǎo, to die of starvation | |
殍 | piǎo | die of starvation | |
三旬九食 | sān xún jiǔ shí | lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) / fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation / in dire straits |