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
 
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)