风餐露宿 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors
• fig. to rough it

Character by character

• 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
• 餐cānto eat, to dine; meal, food
• 露lùdew; leak; bare, exposed; to reveal, to show
• 宿sùto stop, to rest, to lodge; constellation

Idioms sharing a character

• 一帆风顺 yī fān fēng shùn
• 一路顺风 yī lù shùn fēng
• 世风日下 shì fēng rì xià
• 乘风破浪 chéng fēng pò làng
• 伤风败俗 shāng fēng bài sú
• 光风霁月 guāng fēng jì yuè
• 两袖清风 liǎng xiù qīng fēng
• 只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
• 叱咤风云 chì zhà fēng yún
• 呼风唤雨 hū fēng huàn yǔ

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