Definition

1. Noun:
   • Wind and dew: Literally refers to wind and morning dew, often used metaphorically to describe the hardships and challenges of life, particularly those endured while traveling or working outdoors.
   • Hardships, exposure to the elements: Describes the difficulties faced due to weather and natural conditions, similar to the concept of "wind and rain" (gió mưa).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy đã trải qua bao gió sương trên đường mưu sinh. (He has endured so much hardship on the road to earn a living.)
  • Cuộc đời lính chiến chịu nhiều gió sương. (A soldier's life endures much exposure to the elements.)

Advanced Usage

• "dãi dầu gió sương": A common four-word idiom meaning to be weathered, worn, or toughened by long-term exposure to hardship and the elements.
  • Gương mặt dãi dầu gió sương của người nông dân. (The farmer's face, weathered by hardship.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gió mưa (n): Wind and rain; a very close synonym often used interchangeably with to describe life's hardships and struggles.
  • Chịu đựng gió mưa. (To endure hardships.)

Synonyms

• Khó khăn, gian khổ: Difficulties, hardships.
• Vất vả: Toil, laboriousness.

Related Idioms

• "Đầu tắt mặt tối": Literally "head extinguished, face dark"; means to be extremely busy from morning till night, often involving hard work. This shares the thematic idea of enduring daily toil, similar to .
  • Làm việc đầu tắt mặt tối. (To work from dawn to dusk.)