飢不擇食

when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.

Characters and words in 飢不擇食

(bound form) hungry

= + : On a space trip in front of the space station (Ø1) Joan of Arc (ji) is very hungry (饥). Although there is a Chinese crulle (饣) floating over a small table (几) right in front of her, she cannot reach it because she has no way of propulsion.
(negative prefix) / not / no

= + : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
to select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate / also pr. [zhai2]

= + + + : Zorro (z) has to select (择) his new weapon between two terrible choices (择) in the elevator's kitchen (e2): there is either a boxing glove (又) or a dinosaur bone (丨). He has to select one using a toy claw (扌), but he has to choose wisely: one of the items is hooked to a charged capacitor (二) which will shock Zorro should he take the wrong choice (择).
to be picky (food)
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bag of instant noodles.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) went camping in the space station's bathroom (Ø2). As foodstuffs he brought chewing gum (艮) and instant noodles (食), but he forgot to bring his gas stove, so in front of his tipi (亽) He is eating chewing gums all day.
to feed (a person or animal)

Words with 飢不擇食

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Sentences with 飢不擇食

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