Correct
饱一顿，饥一顿
/ bǎo yī dùn, jī yī dùn /
Strokes
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Collocation
1
经常饱一顿，饥一顿
2
总是饱一顿，饥一顿
3
难免饱一顿，饥一顿
Definition
饱一顿，饥一顿
Literally means:
a full and hungry
Actually means:
It means that one does not have enough food, and has to go hungry sometimes or that one does not have regular meals.
指有时挨饿，吃不上饭。多指吃饭没有规律。
Example
Used as predicate or object. (作谓语、宾语)
1
Kāi
开
chūzūchē
出租车
de
的
rén
人
bù
不
néng
能
dìngshí
定时
chīfàn
吃饭
,
jīngcháng
经常
bǎo
饱
yī
一
dùn
顿
,
jī
饥
yī
一
dùn
顿
,
suǒyǐ
所以
róngyì
容易
de
得
wèibìng
胃病
。
Taxi drivers can't eat regularly, often full of food, hungry, so easy to get stomach disease.
2
Gāoxīn
高薪
de
的
báilǐng
白领
zhěngtiān
整天
máng
忙
de
得
lián
连
fàn
饭
yě
也
gùbude
顾不得
chī
吃
,
zǒngshì
总是
bǎo
饱
yī
一
dùn
顿
,
jī
饥
yī
一
dùn
顿
。
High-paying white-collar workers are too busy to eat all day, always full of food, hungry.
3
Tā
他
shōurù
收入
bù
不
wěndìng
稳定
,
jíshǐ
即使
bǎ
把
huǒshí
伙食
biāozhǔn
标准
jiàng
降
dào
到
zuìdī
最低
,
yě
也
miǎnbùliǎo
免不了
bǎo
饱
yī
一
dùn
顿
,
jī
饥
yī
一
dùn
顿
。
His income was unstable, and even if he lowest the standard of food, he could not avoid a full meal, a hungry meal.