when it rains, it pours (idiom)
trad. 屋漏偏逢連夜雨
Also written 屋漏偏逢連夜雨【wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ】
Characters in this word
7屋
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(bound form) house, (bound form) room
- Pinyin
- wū
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4089 of 2500
漏
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to leak, to divulge, to leave out by mistake, waterclock or hourglass (old)
- Pinyin
- lòu
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 10561 of 2500
偏
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to lean, to slant, oblique, prejudiced, to deviate from average, to stray from the intended line, stubbornly, contrary to expectations
- Pinyin
- piān
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 11446 of 2500
逢
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to meet by chance, to come across, (of a calendar event) to come along, (of an event) to fall on (a particular day), to fawn upon
- Pinyin
- féng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 35062 of 2500
连
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surname Lian
- Pinyin
- Lián
- Traditional
- 連
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 563 of 2500
夜
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variant of 夜[ye4]
- Pinyin
- yè
- Traditional
- 亱
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4459 of 2500
雨
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rain, CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
- Pinyin
- yǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3828 of 2500