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Definition(s) for: 喝西北风

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
喝西北风 hē xī běi fēng - lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom)
- fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat

List Ranking:

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 36,590 57,549 28,893

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
喝 hē- to drink
- variant of 嗬[he1]
喝 hè- to shout
西 xī- the West
- abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]
- Spanish
西 xī- west
北 běi- north
- (classical) to be defeated
风 fēng- wind
- news
- style
- custom
- manner
- CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]

Other Words Containing 喝西北风

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
喝西北风 - - 36,590 57,549 28,893