suffer from cold and hunger
Suffering from cold and hunger, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is á ID ø ngsh ò u è, which means poverty without food and clothing. It comes from a dream of Red Mansions.
The origin of Idioms
The hundredth chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "my mother hasn't suffered from cold and hunger all her life."
Idiom usage
It refers to living in poverty.
Examples
It is a luxury to talk about moral standards to the people who suffer from cold, hunger and suffering. It is immoral because there is no sympathy or love in it. The story of Ba Jin
He suffered from cold and hunger just to see her.
Chinese PinYin : ái dòng shòu è
suffer from cold and hunger
make amends for previous faults by some good services. jì gōng bǔ guò
Follow the rooster and the dog. jià jī suí jī,jià gǒu suí gǒu
the breeze is light , the moon is bright. fēng qīng yuè lǎng