流星雨
liú xīng yǔ
Pinyin

Definition

流星雨
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liú xīng yǔ
  1. meteor shower

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三星
Sān xīng
  1. 1 Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
  2. 2 Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
下雨
xià yǔ
  1. 1 to rain
明星
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
星
xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 heavenly body
  3. 3 satellite
  4. 4 small amount
星座
xīng zuò
  1. 1 constellation
  2. 2 astrological sign
  3. 3 classifier: 张 zhāng

Idioms (20)

一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
  1. 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
干打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú
  1. 1 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
口碑流传
kǒu bēi liú chuán
  1. 1 widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation

Sample Sentences

哈，我明年还想到美国再拍一次日全食呢，如果运气好的话还可以拍到流星雨，一举两得！
hā ，wǒ míngnián hái xiǎng dào Měiguó zài pāi yīcì rìquánshí ne ，rúguǒ yùnqi hǎo dehuà hái kěyǐ pāi dào liúxīngyǔ ，yījǔliǎngdé ！
Ha, next year I want to go to the United States to film another total solar eclipse, if I'm lucky I might even get a photo of a meteor shower, to catch two birds with one stone.
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