晴耕雨読

せいこううどく

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

Meanings

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuitsFour-character idiom

Example sentences

晴耕雨読せいこううどくの人生じんせいにも少々しょう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.