吸风饮露 xīfēngyǐnlù to feed on wind and dew Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 吸风饮露 吸風飲露 xīfēngyǐnlù to feed on wind and dew (literary) to feed on wind and dew; refers to the Taoist belief that immortals do not eat ordinary food but instead live on the essence of nature to endure hardships (metaphor) to endure the hardships of traveling or fieldwork; to lead a hard life in the open air Frequency Written text 0.009 per million Cross-References Synonym 不食人间烟火 bùshírénjiānyānhuǒ沐雨栉风 mùyǔzhìfēng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
吸风饮露 吸風飲露 xīfēngyǐnlù to feed on wind and dew (literary) to feed on wind and dew; refers to the Taoist belief that immortals do not eat ordinary food but instead live on the essence of nature to endure hardships (metaphor) to endure the hardships of traveling or fieldwork; to lead a hard life in the open air Frequency Written text 0.009 per million Cross-References Synonym 不食人间烟火 bùshírénjiānyānhuǒ沐雨栉风 mùyǔzhìfēng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
