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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
rainy day / rainy weather
lit. windswept and battered by rain / to undergo hardship (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雨* | 雨* | *雨
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet
(neologism) (slang) it's none of your business (imitation of an accented pronunciation of 與你無關|与你无关)
(idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down
lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom); fig. the situation looks grim
rainstorm / storm / tempest
HSK 6
timely rain / (fig.) timely assistance; timely help
drizzle; light rain / (fig.) mere trifle; sth that has only a weak effect
wind and rain / the elements / (fig.) trials and hardships
HSK 7-9
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
violent wind and rainstorm / hurricane / tempest
HSK 7-9
nimbostratus / stratus rain cloud
lit. wind, frost, rain and snow (idiom) / fig. all kinds of trials and hardships
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
heavy rain / CL: 場|场
violent rain (e.g. due to monsoon or typhoon) / cloudburst
lit. spring wind and rain (idiom); fig. the long-term influence of a solid education
meteor shower
trials and tribulations / ups and downs
HSK 7-9
to drip with sweat / sweat poured off (him)
lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom) / to believe rumors / to be credulous
to give shelter from the wind and rain / to keep out the elements
precipitation / rainfall
(idiom) howling wind and torrential rain; furious storm / (fig.) (idiom) difficult circumstances; dangerous situation
rainforest
sunshower
lit. exposed to sun and rain (idiom) / fig. exposed to the elements
precipitation / quantity of rainfall
all thunder but no rain (idiom) / a lot of noise but no action
spring rain / gift from above
overcast and rainy
to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers / fig. to stir up troubles
HSK 7-9
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
tropical rain forest
to go through thick and thin (idiom)
to postpone (an activity) in the event of wet weather
rainfall
rain and dew / (fig.) favor / grace
thundershower
tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom) / (of a situation) unstable
acid rain
light rain / drizzle
tears falling like rain (idiom)
Orionids / Orionid meteor shower
to get whatever one wants / to have everything going one's way
rain poncho; rain cape
sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天晴|雨过天晴
regardless of weather conditions / rain, hail or shine
strong wind and heavy rain (idiom)
pouring with rain / rain bucketing down
to get wet in the rain
windshield wiper
windshield wiper
wretched wind and rain
to work unceasingly regardless of the weather (idiom)
freezing rain
cumulonimbus (cloud)
Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer
lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom) / fig. reign of terror / carnage
to take shelter from the rain
Hugo (name) / Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer
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
(idiom) to have good weather for crops
rain boots / rubber boots / CL: 雙|双
raindrop
raindrop
(idiom) wild and stormy; windy and wet
to drip with sweat / sweat poured off (him)
curtain of rain / downpour
drizzle / fine rain
welcome fall of rain / seasonable rain
lit. bleak wind and icy rain (idiom) / fig. hardships; miserable circumstances
lit. storm clouds approach / troubles lie ahead (idiom)
roads are slippery due to rain (idiom)
(dialect) to rain
awning
swift / Apodidae (the swift family)
rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
(bird species of China) white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
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
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)
hail of bullets
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
old friends
umbrella / CL:
prolonged spell of rainy weather
Yuhuatai, a district of Nanjing City 南京市, Jiangsu

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