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呻飢莫呻飽
  san3 gei1 mok6 san3 baau2   jyutping
  shen1 ji1 mo4 shen1 bao3   pinyin
lament hunger, not fullness

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
呻飢莫呻飽 / 呻饥莫呻饱

This word has been viewed 1769 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 20th Aug 2010 04:38 and last edited on 17th May 2014 18:58
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Characters in this word:

 san1 san3  -  groan
 gei1  -  hungry; starving
 mok6  -  not, don't; none, nothing
 san1 san3  -  groan
 baau2  -  full; having eaten one's fill
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