食風
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English
- taking advantage of wind direction or speed
- to travel for fun; to go on vacation; to go on holiday; calque borrowing from Malay "makan angin"
- to have nothing to eat; literally: to eat wind
- to be blown by strong wind; literally: to stand wind
粵語 — Cantonese
- 去旅行、渡假；意譯至馬來文「makan angin」
- 冇嘢食；引申指貧窮
- 畀強風吹
Examples
上山頂盞食風咩？
Are we going to the peak and get nothing but blown by the wind?
我呢排已經山窮水盡，淨係食風。
I am in a state of utter desperation lately and haven't had anything to eat.
連假期係噉㗎啦，自己要食風怪得邊個？
That's just how it is during long weekends, you can't blame anyone for that when you've decided to travel during a long weekend
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk