阴天 (陰天)
yīn tiān
Pinyin

Definition

阴天 (陰天)
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yīn tiān
  1. cloudy day
  2. overcast sky

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
天天
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day
天气
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child

Sample Sentences

阴天的话，可以用电。
yīntiān dehuà ，kěyǐ yòng diàn 。
If it's a cloudy day, you can use electricity.
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如果阴天怎么办？
rúguǒ yīntiān zěnme bàn ？
If it's a cloudy day, what then?
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阴天，在不开灯的房间，
yīntiān ，zài bù kāidēng de fángjiān ，
A dark day, inside a darkened room
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阴天，在不开灯的房间，
yīntiān ，zài bù kāidēng de fángjiān ，
A dark day, inside a darkened room
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接下来的一周以阴天为主。
jiē xiàlái de yī zhōu yǐ yīntiān wéi zhǔ 。
Next week it's going to be cloudy and rainy most of the time.
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今天是阴天。
jīntiān shì yīntiān 。
It's cloudy today.
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