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to rain
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雨* | 雨* | *雨
HSK 1
rainwater; rainfall; rain
HSK 5
torrential rain / rainstorm / CL: 場|场, 陣|阵
HSK 6
rainstorm / storm / tempest
HSK 6
drizzle / fine rain
rainy day / rainy weather
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雨* | 雨* | *雨
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet
prolonged spell of rainy weather
drizzle / fine rain
lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom) / fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
wind and rain / the elements / (fig.) trials and hardships
HSK 7-9
lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom) / fig. a big scandal / an uproar / the talk of the town
(idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down
to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers / fig. to stir up troubles
HSK 7-9
tears falling like rain (idiom)
drizzle; light rain / (fig.) mere trifle; sth that has only a weak effect
umbrella / CL:
to brave the rain
the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom) / fig. the natural order of things / something you can't go against
rain tarp
to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground / tricky and inconstant / to make love
timely rain / (fig.) timely assistance; timely help
East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer)
sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely / sweating like a pig
Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 19th February-5th March
torrents of rain (idiom)
raincoat / CL:
HSK 6
(idiom) to have good weather for crops
heavy rain / CL: 場|场
freezing rain
violent rain (e.g. due to monsoon or typhoon) / cloudburst
meteor shower
(idiom) wild and stormy; windy and wet
lit. wind, frost, rain and snow (idiom) / fig. all kinds of trials and hardships
lit. cloud and rain / fig. sexual intercourse
when it rains, it pours (idiom)
precipitation / rainfall
(idiom) soft, misty rain
lit. on hearing wind, to say rain / to agree uncritically with whatever people say / to parrot other people's words / to chime in with others
rainforest
sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青
lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom)
precipitation / quantity of rainfall
sleet / mixture of snow and rain
trials and tribulations / ups and downs
HSK 7-9
lit. exposed to sun and rain (idiom) / fig. exposed to the elements
tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom) / (of a situation) unstable
misty rain / drizzle
spring rain / gift from above
to drip with sweat / sweat poured off (him)
to get whatever one wants / to have everything going one's way
lit. spring wind and rain (idiom); fig. the long-term influence of a solid education
strong wind and heavy rain (idiom)
Guyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th April-4th May
rain and dew / (fig.) favor / grace
lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession
lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom) / to believe rumors / to be credulous
all thunder but no rain (idiom) / a lot of noise but no action
to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom) / to exercise magical powers / fig. to stir up troubles / also 呼風喚雨|呼风唤雨
acid rain
sunshower
light rain / drizzle
lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day
cumulonimbus (cloud)
old friends
rain poncho; rain cape
pouring with rain / rain bucketing down
(slang) condom
to get wet in the rain
Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer
windshield wiper
windshield wiper
(neologism) (slang) it's none of your business (imitation of an accented pronunciation of 與你無關|与你无关)
fine drizzle
to take shelter from the rain
Hugo (name) / Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer
lit. windswept and battered by rain / to undergo hardship (idiom)
rain boots / rubber boots / CL: 雙|双
strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
raindrop
lit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom) / fig. a lot of talk, but no action
curtain of rain / downpour
welcome fall of rain / seasonable rain
hail of bullets
to work unceasingly regardless of the weather (idiom)
to go through thick and thin (idiom)
tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom) / (of a situation) unstable
roads are slippery due to rain (idiom)
(dialect) to rain
awning
swift / Apodidae (the swift family)
rain erosion
raindrop
rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
forest of spear, rain of arrows
shower
shower (rain)
Yushan, a district of Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市, Anhui

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