倾盆 (傾盆)
qīng pén
Pinyin
Definition
倾盆 (傾盆)
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- a downpour
- rain bucketing down
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (3)
血盆大口
- 1 bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey
- 2 fig. greedy exploiter
- 3 rapacious aggressor
金盆洗手
- 1 lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom)
- 2 fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
鼓盆之戚
- 1 drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife)
- 2 fig. grief for a lost wife