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天要下雨，娘要嫁人
Mandarin · pinyin tiān yào xià yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
Meanings
- (lit.) the heavens will rain, and widowed mothers will remarry (saying)
- (fig.) some things are inevitable
- 天
- tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 要
- yào · necessary, essential; necessity
- 下
- xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
- 雨
- yǔ · rain; rainy; Kangxi radical 173
- 娘
- niáng · mother; young girl; woman; wife
- 嫁
- jià · to marry, give a daughter in marriage
- 人
- rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
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