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屋漏偏逢连夜雨

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7-character word Traditional 屋漏偏逢連夜雨

What 屋漏偏逢连夜雨 means

1. when it rains, it pours (idiom)

The characters in 屋漏偏逢连夜雨

• 屋wū(bound form) house; (bound form) room
• 漏lòuto leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake
• 偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique
• 逢féngto meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along
• 连liánto link; to join; to connect
• 夜yènight
• 雨yǔrain