饥时过饱，必殒命飢時過飽，必殞命飢時過飽，必殞命

eat too much when starving and you will surely die

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: A starving person who eats too much at once can be seriously harmed. A warning against overdoing things after deprivation.

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Simplified: 饥时过饱，必殒命
Traditional (Taiwan): 飢時過飽，必殞命
Pinyin: jī shí guò bǎo, bì yǔnmìng
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄕˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄠˇ，ㄅㄧˋ ㄩㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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