cān​fēng​mù​yǔ

to endure hardships

  • created sense approved 餐风沐雨/餐風沐雨 · cān​fēng​mù​yǔ · to endure hardships — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    餐风沐雨 / 餐風沐雨

    cān​fēng​mù​yǔ

    to endure hardships

    Literally meaning "to eat the wind and wash one's hair in the rain," this idiom describes the hardships of traveling or working outdoors in the wild; also used to describe someone who works extremely hard under difficult conditions

    餐 (literal) → 餐 · cān · to eat 风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · wind 沐 (literal) → 沐 · mù · to wash 雨 (literal) → 雨 · yǔ · rain

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    created sense