1 omen

2 portent

3 sign

1 omen

2 prior indication

3 first sign

1 omen

2 sign (that sth is about to happen)

3 warning sign

1 roof tile

2 abbr. for 瓦特[wǎ tè]

1 omen

2 sign (of sth yet to occur)

3 prior indication

4 to foreshadow

1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)

2 spare the rod, spoil the child

1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

1 Better broken jade than intact tile.

2 Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)

1 lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)

2 fig. to do one's bit to help

1 lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)

2 fig. (of sb's life) feeble

3 hanging on a thread