汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 要饭
要饭 (要飯)
to beg (for food or money)
向人乞求饭食或其他施舍。
yào/yāo () fàn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

这个乞丐挨门挨户地要饭

The beggar begs from door to door.

有人不要面子,去要饭

Some people threw their face away to beg.

他们以捡垃圾、偷东西、要饭、卖唱为生。

They make living by collecting garbage, stealing, begging, and singing in the street.

父亲买儿子建,孙子造作家当,重孙去要饭

The father buys, the son buildings, The grandchild sells and his son begs.

不久,他的妻儿们就衣裳褴褛,要到街上要饭了。

Before long, his widow and children were in rags, begging on the streets.

战争期间(要是)碰到这样的年景,很多人肯定会死去,很多人会逃荒要饭,很多人会被迫卖儿卖女。

During the wartime, years like these would have meant certain death for many people. Many would have become beggars and others would have been compelled to sell their children.