露宿風餐

Chinese

to bivouac; to sleep outside; to sleep outdoors
to bivouac; to sleep outside; to sleep outdoors; to spend the night in the open
 
dining on the wind; hardships of an arduous journey or life in the wild
trad. (露宿風餐) 露宿 風餐
simp. (露宿风餐) 露宿 风餐
anagrams 餐風宿露餐风宿露
風餐露宿风餐露宿

Etymology

First attested in 1084, in Su Shi's poem:

露宿風餐明朝飲馬 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
露宿风餐明朝饮马 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
From: c. 1084, 蘇軾,將至筠,先寄遲、適、遠三猶子
Lùsùfēngcān liùbǎi lǐ, míngzhāo yìnmǎ nánjiāng shuǐ. [Pinyin]
After braving six hundred li of rough travel and meager meals, tomorrow I will water my horse by the southern river.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 宿
Reading # 1/1 2/2 1/2 1/1
Initial () (37) (16) (1) (14)
Final () (23) (4) (2) (61)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division () I III III I
Fanqie
Baxter luH sjuwk pjuwng tshan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luoH/ /sɨuk̚/ /pɨuŋ/ /t͡sʰɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/luoH/ /siuk̚/ /piuŋ/ /t͡sʰɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/loH/ /siuk̚/ /piuŋ/ /t͡sʰɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɔH/ /suwk̚/ /puwŋ/ /t͡sʰan/
Li
Rong
/loH/ /siuk̚/ /piuŋ/ /t͡sʰɑn/
Wang
Li
/luH/ /sĭuk̚/ /pĭuŋ/ /t͡sʰɑn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/luoH/ /si̯uk̚/ /pi̯uŋ/ /t͡sʰɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
su fēng cān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lou6 suk1 fung1 caan1

Idiom

露宿風餐

  1. (now less common) synonym of 風餐露宿 / 风餐露宿 (fēngcānlùsù)