粵

飢gei1寒hon4交gaau1迫bik1

simp饥寒交迫
gei1 hon4 gaau1 bik1jī hán jiāo pò

English

  1. beset by hunger and cold (idiom)
  2. starving and freezing
  3. in desperate poverty
  4. to suffer from hunger and cold; to be poverty-stricken

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 好凍又好肚餓,形容人窮困嘅情況

Examples

  • 每年都有唔少人因為飢寒交迫而死。

    Many people die from hunger and cold every year.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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