晴耕雨読 – vocab dash

晴せい耕こう雨う読どく

Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Intransitive verb

1. working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits (Yojijukugo)

Kanji used

晴clear up 耕plow (the soil)雨rain 読read

Pitch accent

せいこううどく

Examples1

晴せい耕こう雨う読どくの人じん生せいにも少しょう々しょうは憧あこがれるけれど、僕ぼくにはそんな生いき方かた、３日にちももたないだろうな。

I sometimes wish I could live a quiet retired sort of life but I doubt I could stand it for more than a few days.