要饭 meaning in Chinese
beg
◇要饭的 beggar
Examples
- He says beggars mustn't be choosers .
他说，要饭的哪能挑挑拣拣。 - He seldom passed a beggar without offering alms .
他在一个要饭的面前，很少不布施一点钱。 - I shall starve on shore .
我会在岸上挨饿要饭的。 - I will say so much for you, though you have had the incivility to call me a beggar .
我要为你说这些话，尽管你毫不礼貌地把我叫做要饭的。 - Downstairs, a beggar scratched out a tune on a street-organ and sang an old warsaw melody .
楼下，一个要饭的一边用簧风琴勉强奏出曲调，一边在唱一支古老的华沙歌曲。