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屋漏更遭连夜雨

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7-character word Traditional 屋漏更遭連夜雨

What 屋漏更遭连夜雨 means

1. when it rains, it pours (idiom)

The characters in 屋漏更遭连夜雨

• 屋wū(bound form) house; (bound form) room
• 漏lòuto leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake
• 更gèngmore; even more; further
• 遭zāoto suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
• 连liánto link; to join; to connect
• 夜yènight
• 雨yǔrain