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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
ji1 bu4 ze2 shi2	gei1 bat1, fau2 jaak6 yi6, sik6, ji6	gei1 bat1, fau2 zaak6 ji6, sik6, zi6	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.

Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
饥 Learn more	ji1	gei1	gei1	hungry
饥 Learn more	ji1	gei1	gei1	variant of 飢\|饥[ji1]
不 Learn more	bu4	bat1, fau2	bat1, fau2	(negative prefix) / not / no
择 Learn more	ze2	jaak6	zaak6	to select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate / also pr. [zhai2]
食 Learn more	shi2	yi6, sik6, ji6	ji6, sik6, zi6	to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

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