狂风暴雨 (狂風暴雨)
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Pinyin
Definition
狂风暴雨 (狂風暴雨)
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- howling wind and torrential rain (idiom)
- (fig.) difficult, dangerous situation
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一暴十寒
- 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
- 2 sporadic effort
- 3 short attention span
一雨成秋
- 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
不畏强暴
- 1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
干打雷,不下雨
- 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
- 2 a lot of noise but no action
力挽狂澜
- 1 to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
Sample Sentences
意大利水城威尼斯受狂风暴雨影响,水位二十九日涨至近十年来最高位,城市四分之三沦为泽国。
On the 29th, heavy winds and downpours caused the water level around Venice to rise to its highest level in almost a decade. More than three quarters of the city was inundated.