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喝西北風
简 喝西北风 · 繁 喝西北風Mandarin · pinyin hē xī běi fēng
Meanings
- (lit.) to drink the northwest wind (idiom)
- (fig.) to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
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1–1–3–1 · he1 xi1 bei3 feng1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hot3 sai1 bak1 fung1
Cantonese word readings for 喝西北風. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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hot3 sai1 bak1 fung1
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to have nothing to eat
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