inhale wind and drink dew -- to endure the hardship of travelling or fieldwork

inhale wind and drink dew -- to endure the hardship of travelling or fieldwork

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī f ē n ɡ y ǐ NL ù, which means that Taoism and poetry are often used to refer to the gods' hunger strike. It's from Chuang Tzu's xiaoyaoyou.

Analysis of Idioms

Food and drink

Idiom usage

It is a metaphor for not eating

Examples

It seems that they are a group of people with lofty ideals who have brought their own furniture to serve the society. A postscript to Lu Xun's pseudo freedom book

The origin of Idioms

Zhuangzi xiaoyaoyou written by Zhuangzi in the Warring States period, Song Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty: "in the mountain of Chigu shooting, there are gods and men living here..." If you don't eat grains, you can drink dew and wind. "