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喝西北风
/ hē xī běi fēng /
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Collocation
1
只能喝西北风
2
配喝西北风
3
去喝西北风
4
喝西北风的日子
5
让某人去喝西北风
Definition
喝西北风:
Literally means:
breathe the northwestern wind; be down and out.
Actually means:
It means the lack of basic materials for one's sustenance. It often carries a sense of jocular.
喝西北风，指没有维持生活所需的钱物。常含有开玩笑、调侃的意味。
Example
Used as predicate or attributive. (作谓语、定语等)
1
Yàoshi
要是
fùqīn
父亲
bìngdǎo
病倒
le
了
,
bù
不
néng
能
qù
去
dǎgōng
打工
zhèngqián
挣钱
,
wǒmen
我们
quánjiā
全家
jiù
就
de
得
hēxīběifēng
喝西北风
le
了
。
If my father fell ill and couldn't work to earn money, our whole family would have to drink the northwest wind.
2
Māma
妈妈
chángcháng
常常
jiàoxun
教训
gēge
哥哥
shuō
说
,
rúguǒ
如果
tā
他
bù
不
hǎohǎo
好好
xuéxí
学习
,
méiyǒu
没有
yījìzhīcháng
一技之长
,
jiānglái
将来
jiù
就
pèi
配
hēxīběifēng
喝西北风
!
Mother often taught his brother, if he does not study hard, not a skill, the future is worth drinking northwest wind!
3
Zhège
这个
dìfāng
地方
de
的
nóngtián
农田
bèi
被
dàshuǐ
大水
yān
淹
le
了
,
yàobushì
要不是
zhèngfǔ
政府
jíshí
及时
diào
调
lái
来
yī
一
dà
大
pī
批
dàmǐ
大米
,
nóngmín
农民
jiù
就
de
得
hēxīběifēng
喝西北风
,
è
饿
dùpí
肚皮
le
了
。
The farmland in this place is flooded, if the government does not transfer a large number of rice in time, farmers will have to drink northwest wind, hungry belly.