喝西北风 hē xī běi fēng

lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 36844th word

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry

Characters

Character Meaning
喝 hē HSK 1
to drink; variant of 嗬hē; to shout
西 xī HSK 1
west; the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙xī bān yá
北 běi HSK 1
north; (classical) to be defeated
风 fēng HSK 3
wind; style; manner