Burning in hunger
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is j à y à nzh à ngsh à o, which means hunger is unbearable. From Song Yin man Lu Wang Chan Xiang.
The origin of Idioms
In Wang Tao's song Yin man Lu Wang Chan Xiang of the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "at dusk, I walk alone in the Quzhou City, hungry and burning, and I have nothing to do."
Analysis of Idioms
Hunger and fire
Antonym: eat and drink enough
Idiom usage
He is very hungry
Examples
Towards noon, I was hungry.
Chinese PinYin : jī yàn zhōng shāo
Burning in hunger
withered forest and dry rivers. lín hán dòng sù
to have a tender heart for the fair sex. lián xiāng xī yù
as incompatible as ice and charcoal. bīng tàn bù tóu
regard one 's ink as if it were gold -- one will not easily paint. xī mò rú jīn