Starting from characters, then words, the journey to learning Chinese leads to idioms. Our free resource teaches idioms like 「吞風飲雨」. Explanation below.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「吞風飲雨」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
It’s like eating wind and sleeping in dew. Describes the hardship of running around and living a hard life.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tūn fēng yǐn yǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tan1 fung1 yam2 yu5
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.

