4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 973

Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「水宿風餐」 and how it’s used.

Introducing the idiom 「水宿風餐」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

Accommodation on the water, picnic in the breeze. Describes the hardship of life on the journey.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shuǐ xiǔ fēng cān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

seui2 suk1 fung1 chaan1

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