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啼饥号寒

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4-character word Traditional 啼饑號寒

What 啼饥号寒 means

1. idiomto cry from hunger and cold; to suffer extreme poverty

The characters in 啼饥号寒

• 啼tí(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly; (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot…
• 饥jī(bound form) hungry
• 号hào(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal…
• 寒háncold; poor; to tremble