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Introducing the Chinese idiom 「嗷嗷待食」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

Aoao: a wailing sound; dai: to wait; shi: to feed. The appearance of being eager to eat due to hunger. Describes the victims who are hungry and in dire straits waiting for help

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

áo áo dài shí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ngou4 ngou4 doi6 sik6

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