喝西北風 [－－－风]

Jyutping hot3 sai1 bak1 fung1
Pinyin hē xī běi fēng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to have nothing to eat
    (syn.) 食西北風, 食西北风
    • 因為田地被暴風毀掉，老百姓只能喝西北風。
      因为田地被暴风毁掉，老百姓只能喝西北风。
      yīn wèi tián dì bèi bào fēng huǐ diào ， lǎo bǎi xìng zhǐ néng hē xī běi fēng ．
      Because the farmland was destroyed by the storms, the (ordinary) people have nothing to eat.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    因为田地被暴风毁掉，老百姓只能喝西北风。
    因為田地被暴風毀掉，老百姓只能喝西北風。
    yīn wèi tián dì bèi bào fēng huǐ diào ， lǎo bǎi xìng zhǐ néng hē xī běi fēng ．
    • Because the farmland was destroyed by the storms, the (ordinary) people have nothing to eat.