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着肚子

with one’s … stomach

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phrase Rare #20,945
with one’s … stomach The words before 着 describe the stomach’s state, as in 饿着肚子 (“on an empty stomach”) or 挺着肚子 (“with one’s belly sticking out”).
CH: 别饿着肚子出门。
EN: Don’t go out on an empty stomach.

他还饱着肚子呢

He’s still full.

— 完美陌生人 (2016)

害我们饿着肚子训练

They made us train on an empty stomach.

— I Am What I Am (2021)

就是老婆大着肚子我好久没那个了

It's just that my wife's been heavily pregnant, so I haven't had sex in a long time.

— 2046 (2004)

饿着肚子是没法打仗的。

You can’t fight a war on an empty stomach.