wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ

Traditional: 屋漏更遭連夜雨

屋漏更遭连夜雨 (wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “when it rains, it pours (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1when it rains, it pours (idiom)

Characters in 屋漏更遭连夜雨

屋wū · (bound form) house漏lòu · to leak更gēng · to change or replace遭zāo · to meet by chance (usually with misfortune)连lián · to link夜yè · night雨yǔ · rain

Related words

更to change or replace更more连to link连surname Lian夜night夜variant of 夜[ye4]更加more (than sth else)屋子house屋(bound form) house雨rain雨(literary) to rain夜晚night

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