风尘仆仆 (fēng chén pú pú) — travel-worn and weary; exhausted from a long journey
Definition
A chengyu describing the exhausted, dusty look of someone who has been traveling a long time. Often modifies a verb with 地.
idiom
travel-worn and wearyexhausted from a long journey
Examples
- 风尘仆仆。Tā fēng chén pú pú dì cóng běi jīng gǎn lái cān jiā hūn lǐ.He came all the way from Beijing to attend the wedding, travel-worn and weary.
- 风尘仆仆，。Zhè wèi lǚ kè fēng chén pú pú, yí jìn mén jiù zuò zài shā fā shàng xiū xi.This traveler was travel-worn and weary; as soon as he entered, he sat down on the sofa to rest.
- ，风尘仆仆。Jīng guò sān tiān sān yè de huǒ chē, tā fēng chén pú pú dì huí dào le jiā xiāng.After three days and three nights on the train, he returned to his hometown, travel-worn and weary.
Origin
Compound word构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate
A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.
风尘, wind and dust, suggests a long journey; 仆仆, repeated, conveys the weary state.
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