Hunger knocks at the door

Hunger knocks at the door

Hunger knocks on the door, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī Q ū K ò um é n, which means to knock on the door for food driven by hunger. From begging for food.

The origin of Idioms

The poem "begging for food" written by Tao Qian of Jin Dynasty: "hunger drives me away. I don't know what it is. When I go to Sili, I knock at the door and speak clumsily."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in life.

Examples

Mr. Chen is a late eater, a slow walker, and a driver. He looks at Yuan Ming, but he is not so sleepy. Is he so prosperous? Qian Qianyi's seventy preface to Wu Fengjun in Qing Dynasty