Burning in hunger

Burning in hunger

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is j à y à nzh à ngsh à o, which means hunger is unbearable. From Song Yin man Lu Wang Chan Xiang.

The origin of Idioms

In Wang Tao's song Yin man Lu Wang Chan Xiang of the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "at dusk, I walk alone in the Quzhou City, hungry and burning, and I have nothing to do."

Analysis of Idioms

Hunger and fire

Antonym: eat and drink enough

Idiom usage

He is very hungry

Examples

Towards noon, I was hungry.