Definition
馁 is a bound form (b.f.) meaning 'hungry' or 'discouraged' — it rarely appears alone in modern Chinese except in a few set expressions. You'll mostly encounter it in the chengyu 胜不骄败不馁 ('not get arrogant when winning, not get discouraged when losing') and in literary contexts describing hunger. As a bound form, it always attaches to another character or appears in fixed phrases, never as a standalone verb or adjective.
b.f.
(bound form) hungrystarving (literary)(bound form) discourageddisheartened (in set phrases)
Examples
- ，馁，。Shèng bù jiāo, bài bù něi, cái shì zhēnzhèng de qiángzhě.Not arrogant in victory and not discouraged in defeat — that's what makes a true strong person.
- 馁。Gǔdài shīrén cháng xiě jī něi zhī kǔ.Ancient poets often wrote about the suffering of hunger.
- ，。Yù dào kùnnán bú yào qì něi, jiānchí jiù néng chénggōng.Don't get disheartened when you encounter difficulties — keep at it and you'll succeed.
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