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Open the tool →风飧露宿 (fēng sūn lù sù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to eat in the wind and sleep in the open”.
风飧露宿 is pronounced fēng sūn lù sù in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 风飧露宿 means “Eating in the wind, sleeping in the dew”. It is used to mean “to eat in the wind and sleep in the open”.
飧:晚餐;露:露水,露天;宿:住宿,过夜。风里吃饭,露天睡觉。形容旅途或野外工作的辛苦