忍饥挨饿 meaning in English
suffer (the pangs of) hunger; bear [endure] hunger; endure the torments of hunger; have to go hungry; stay one's stomach
Examples
- The poet was starving and lived from hand to mouth .
诗人忍饥挨饿，现挣现吃。 - Their own souls starve, and are naked .
他们自己的灵魂却在忍饥挨饿，而且身无寸缕。 - He was lonely and hungry .
他孤苦伶仃，忍饥挨饿。 - As the days slid past the image of my father became associated with my pangs of hunger .
随着光阴的流逝，父亲的形象也就跟我忍饥挨饿所受的折磨连在一起了。 - Stuff today and starve tomorrow
今天大吃大喝，明天忍饥挨饿。