(v) have an empty stomach, See Also: be famish, be starving, Syn. ท้องแขวน, ไส้กิ่ว, Example:เขานัดทานข้าวกับเพื่อน กว่าเพื่อนจะมาเขาก็ไส้แขวน, Thai Definition:หิวมาก, หิวจัด
(n) the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine, Syn. starving, Example:the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender; they were charged with the starvation of children in their care
[哀鸿遍野 / 哀鴻遍野, āi hóng biàn yěㄞ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄝˇ] lit. plaintive whine of geese (成语 saw); fig. land swarming with disaster victims; starving people fill the land#90576