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倾盆大雨

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4-character word Traditional 傾盆大雨

What 倾盆大雨 means

1. idioma downpour; rain bucketing down

The characters in 倾盆大雨

• 倾qīngto overturn; to collapse; to lean
• 盆pénbasin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 雨yǔrain

Example sentences

• 天下着倾盆大雨。
  It's chucking it down.
• 今晚正在下倾盆大雨。
  Jīnwǎn zhèngzài xià qīngpéndàyǔ.
  It's raining cats and dogs tonight.
• 他们冒着倾盆大雨出发了。
  Tāmen màozhe qīngpéndàyǔ chūfā le.
  They started in spite of the heavy rain.
• 不下雨则矣，一下一定是倾盆大雨。
  Bù xiàyǔ zé yǐ, yīxià yīdìng shì qīngpéndàyǔ.
  It never rains but it pours.