like: 喝西北风 → →
喝西北风 [he1 xi1 bei3 feng1] ☊ 
lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry ☊ 
vor Hunger sterben (V) ☊ 喝西北风 [he1 xi1 bei3 feng1] ☊ lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry ☊ vor Hunger sterben (V) ☊