Swallow wind and drink rain(tūn fēng yǐn yǔ)

Swallow wind and drink rain

Swallowing wind and drinking rain, Pinyin t ū NF ē ngy ǐ NY ǔ, Chinese idiom, describes running around, hard life. From Yuan Hongdao, Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Hongdao of the Ming Dynasty wrote in his manuscript for revision: "don't be in a hurry for national education. Since the beginning of last year's occupation, we have been burning wormwood day and night, swallowing wind and rain, only to be exempted from punishment."

Idiom usage

As predicate, attribute, object; used in life

Chinese PinYin : tūn fēng yǐn yǔ