喝西北风 — Chinese idiom
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
Traditional: 喝西北風
Meaning
- (lit.) to drink the northwest wind
- (fig.) to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
Character by character
- 喝hēto drink; to shout, to call out
- 西xīwest, western, westward
- 北běinorth; northern; northward
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
Idioms sharing a character
- 吃喝嫖赌 chī hē piáo dǔ
- 吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè
- 吃香喝辣 chī xiāng hē là
- 呼来喝去 hū lái hè qù
- 开锣喝道 kāi luó hè dào
- 中西合璧 Zhōng Xī hé bì
- 各奔东西 gè bèn dōng xī
- 夕阳西下 xī yáng xī xià
- 拆东补西 chāi dōng bǔ xī
- 日落西山 rì luò xī shān
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