啼饥号寒 (tí jī háo hán) | Meaning: (idiom) to cry from hunger and cold; to suffer extreme poverty | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

beset by hunger and cold (idiom) · starving and freezing · in desperate poverty饥寒交迫jī hán jiāo pò

lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims · starving people fill the land哀鸿遍野āi hóng biàn yě

(bound form) to wail; to howl号háo

(idiom) to possess nothing except bare necessities; to live a frugal life身无长物shēn wú cháng wù

poverty compounded by ill health (idiom)贫病交加pín bìng jiāo jiā

cry piteously for food嗷嗷待哺áo áo dài bǔ

(idiom) to cry from hunger and cold; to suffer extreme poverty