dà hàn wàng yún ní

Traditional: 大旱望雲霓

大旱望云霓 (dà hàn wàng yún ní) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom); fig. to yearn for relief from a desperate situation”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to yearn for relief from a desperate situation

Characters in 大旱望云霓

大dà · big; large; great旱hàn · drought望wàng · full moon云yún · (classical) to say霓ní · Japanese cicada

Related words

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