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sikˍ₆食saiˉ¹西bakˉ¹北fungˉ¹風
简 食西北风
Pinyin: shi2 xi1 bei3 feng1
Translations
noun喝西北風
noun"to eat the northwest wind"
nounhave nothing to eat; live on air
noundescribes the situation of financial difficulty and having no money for food; literally 'to eat the northwest wind'