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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雨* | 雨* | *雨
HSK 1
to rain
HSK 1
rainwater; rainfall; rain
HSK 5
torrential rain / rainstorm / CL: 場|场, 陣|阵
HSK 6
rainstorm / storm / tempest
HSK 6
raincoat / CL:
HSK 6
wind and rain / the elements / (fig.) trials and hardships
HSK 7-9
trials and tribulations / ups and downs
HSK 7-9
to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers / fig. to stir up troubles
HSK 7-9
violent wind and rainstorm / hurricane / tempest
HSK 7-9
thundershower
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雨* | 雨* | *雨
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet
Hugo (name) / Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer
precipitation / rainfall
rain of blood / heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm
light rain / drizzle
timely rain / (fig.) timely assistance; timely help
rainy day / rainy weather
umbrella / CL:
heavy rain / CL: 場|场
to protect from the rain
rainwear
Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 19th February-5th March
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
(idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down
misty rain / drizzle
tropical rain forest
precipitation / quantity of rainfall
fine rain / drizzle / poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱|李商隐
rainy season
rainfall
rain boots / rubber boots / CL: 雙|双
shower (rain)
lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom) / fig. reign of terror / carnage
(idiom) howling wind and torrential rain; furious storm / (fig.) (idiom) difficult circumstances; dangerous situation
(dialect) to rain
thunderstorm
overcast and rainy
raindrop
lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession
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
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
to get wet in the rain
regardless of weather conditions / rain, hail or shine
lit. spring wind and rain (idiom); fig. the long-term influence of a solid education
lit. windswept and battered by rain / to undergo hardship (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
drizzle / fine rain
strong wind and heavy rain (idiom)
downpour (idiom)
to take shelter from the rain
lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom) / fig. a big scandal / an uproar / the talk of the town
hail of bullets
lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times
to postpone (an activity) in the event of wet weather
windshield wiper
old friends
thundershower (Tw)
lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom); fig. the situation looks grim
lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom) / fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather
prolonged spell of rainy weather
cumulonimbus (cloud)
Yucheng district of Ya'an city 雅安市, Sichuan
rainforest
lit. bleak wind and icy rain (idiom) / fig. hardships; miserable circumstances
lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom) / fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
swift / Apodidae (the swift family)
tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom) / (of a situation) unstable
sleet / mixture of snow and rain
waterproof footwear (rubber boots etc)
to drip with sweat / sweat poured off (him)
lit. wind, frost, rain and snow (idiom) / fig. all kinds of trials and hardships
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
meteorite shower
acid rain
Rain Man
East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer)
torrents of rain (idiom)
lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action / his bark is worse than his bite
spring rain / gift from above
Yuhu district of Xiangtan city 湘潭市, Hunan
strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
Yushan, a district of Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市, Anhui
drizzle / fine rain
glaze ice; verglas; silver frost
lit. cloud and rain / fig. sexual intercourse
(lit. and fig.) barometer
tears falling like rain (idiom)
rain and dew / (fig.) favor / grace
wretched wind and rain
when it rains, it pours (idiom)
autumn rain
raindrop
conditions of extreme adversity (idiom)
Yuhua district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan
to work unceasingly regardless of the weather (idiom)
sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely / sweating like a pig
a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
drizzle; light rain / (fig.) mere trifle; sth that has only a weak effect
excessive rain

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