continuous heavy rain; timely rain
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
continuous heavy rain; prolonged rainfall lasting several days
literaryLiterary term often used in formal writing or classical contexts to describe beneficial or excessive continuous rainfall. Often appears in set phrases like 甘霖 (timely rain).
Jiǔ久
hàn旱
féng逢
lín霖
yǔ雨
，
tā他
xiāng乡
yù遇
gù故
zhī知
。
After a long drought, one welcomes the continuous rain; in a foreign land, one meets an old friend.
Zhè这
chǎng场
lín霖
yǔ雨
xià下
le了
zhěng整
zhěng整
sān三
tiān天
，
hé河
shuǐ水
dōu都
zhǎng涨
le了
qǐ起
lái来
。
This continuous heavy rain lasted a full three days, and the river rose.
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Nóng农
mín民
men们
pàn盼
wàng望
yǐ已
jiǔ久
de的
gān甘
lín霖
zhōng终
yú于
jiàng降
lín临
。
The timely rain that the farmers had been longing for finally arrived.