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屋漏更遭連夜雨
简 屋漏更遭连夜雨 · 繁 屋漏更遭連夜雨Mandarin · pinyin wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
Meanings
- when it rains, it pours (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 屋
- wū · house; room; building, shelter
- 漏
- lòu · leak, drip; funnel; hour glass
- 更
- gèng · more, still further, much more; to change, alter
- 遭
- zāo · come across, meet with, encounter
- 連
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- 夜
- yè · night, dark; in night; by night
- 雨
- yǔ · rain; rainy; Kangxi radical 173
- 连
- lián · join, connect; continuous; even
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Mandarin tones
1–4–4–1–2–4–3 · wu1 lou4 geng4 zao1 lian2 ye4 yu3
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Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading
uk1 lau6 gang3 zou1 lin4 je6 jyu5
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phrase
- (idiomatic) When it rains, it pours.
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