hàn
wàng
yún

idiom
literary

Meaning of 大旱望云霓

大旱望云霓 means to long for something with extreme eagerness, as a parched land longs for rain. Pronounced dà hàn wàng yún ní.

  • to long for something with extreme eagerness, as a parched land longs for rain

Definitions & Examples

Bèi
kùn
de
kuàng
gōng
jiā
shǔ
hàn
wàng
yún
děng
dài
zhe
jiù
yuán
de
xiāo
 

The families of the trapped miners waited for news of the rescue with desperate longing.

Zài
kùn
jìng
zhōng
 
hàn
wàng
yún
bān
pàn
wàng
yǒu
rén
néng
shēn
chū
yuán
shǒu
 

In his predicament, he longed for someone to lend a helping hand as a parched land longs for rain.

Zhè
piàn
bǎo
jīng
zhàn
huǒ
de
 
rén
mín
duì
hàn
wàng
yún
shì
de
píng
shēng
huó
chōng
mǎn
le
wàng
 

In this war-torn region, the people are filled with a thirst for a peaceful life, like parched land thirsting for rain.