hē xī běi fēng

Traditional: 喝西北風

喝西北风 (hē xī běi fēng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom); fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat

Characters in 喝西北风

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