drink the northwest wind

drink the northwest wind

Drinking from the west to the north, as the saying goes, Pinyin is "H ē x ī B ě if ē ng", which means a realm advocated by Taoism, that is, to live by breathing air instead of eating fireworks. Living on an empty stomach with nothing to eat. I don't eat. I'm hungry.

Discrimination of words

The original "suction". It refers to a state advocated by Taoists, that is, to live by breathing air instead of eating fireworks. Living on an empty stomach with nothing to eat. I don't eat. I'm hungry. (mostly used in poverty) mostly used in spoken English

Idiom usage

There is nothing to eat

Examples of Idioms

Let's manage the mountains, eat the mountains, manage the water and draw the water, just like you. We drink from the West and the north. In the 41st chapter of Wu Jingzi's the scholars' Unofficial History in the Qing Dynasty, he talked about the truth and said some useless empty words.

The origin of Idioms

”"You Bian" written by Wang Yan in the Tang Dynasty: "the clouds at the edge are thick, and the hungry horses smell the withered clumps. In August and September, the wind blows from the northwest. "