- 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.
Characters
- 饥 (飢): (bound form) hungry
- 不 (不): no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 择 (擇): to select; to choose; to pick over; to pick out; to differentiate; to eliminate; also pr. [zhai2]
- 食 (食): to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse
Resources
- Wiktionary: 饥不择食
- MDBG: 饥不择食
- Examples with 饥不择食 on Tatoeba
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