西北风

西北風
xīběifēng
  1. (music) A genre of Chinese rock music that was popular in late 1980s, characterised by elements of folk music from Shaanxi, Shanxi and other north western regions, mixed with elements of rock music and pop music
  2. A genre of Chinese rock music that was popular in late 1980s, characterised by elements of folk music from Shaanxi, Shanxi and other north western regions, mixed with elements of rock music and pop music
  3. northwesterly (a persistent wind from the northwest)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 西北 Xīběi Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)
=1 西北 xīběi northwest
2 风 fēng
  1. wind
  2. news
  3. style
  4. custom
  5. manner

classifiers: 陣, 絲

Containing this entry

喝西北风 hēxīběifēng
  1. lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom)
  2. fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat