饥不择食 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 飢不擇食 jībùzéshí ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕˊ 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. Character by character 饥(jī)hungry 不(bù)no 择(zé)select 食(shí)eat A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0