风餐露宿

風餐露宿

fēngcān-lùsù

idiom HSK 7-9 #41,071

Meanings

HSK 5

古代商人常常风餐露宿，非常辛苦。

Gǔdài shāngrén chángcháng fēngcānlùsù, fēicháng xīnkǔ.

Ancient merchants often ate and slept in the open, enduring great hardship.

HSK 7-9

探险队员风餐露宿了三个月。

Tànxiǎnduì yuán fēngcānlùsù le sān gè yuè.

The expedition team roughed it outdoors for three months.

A literary idiom (成语) used in formal writing or storytelling to describe harsh travel conditions. Rarely used in casual speech.

memory

Picture someone eating with the wind blowing (风餐) and sleeping under the open sky with dew falling (露宿).

风 fēng

餐 cān

露 lù

宿 sù