风餐露宿
fēngcānlùsù
to endure hardship while travelling; to brave the elements
Characters in this word
餐 cān
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 食 — food
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
宿 sù
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 佰 hundred
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他们风餐露宿，走了整整一个月才到家。 Tāmen fēngcān lùsù, zǒu le zhěngzhěng yí gè yuè cái dào jiā. They roughed it on the road and only reached home after a whole month of walking.
- 为了拍到日出，摄影师风餐露宿地在山上等了三天。 Wèile pāi dào rìchū, shèyǐngshī fēngcān lùsù de zài shān shàng děng le sān tiān. To capture the sunrise, the photographer roughed it on the mountain for three days.
- 古时候的商人常年风餐露宿，才能把货物运到远方。 Gǔ shíhou de shāngrén chángnián fēngcān lùsù, cái néng bǎ huòwù yùn dào yuǎnfāng. Merchants in ancient times endured hardship on the road year-round in order to carry goods to faraway places.