屋漏更遭連夜雨
See also: 屋漏更遭连夜雨
Chinese edit
house; room | funnel; to leak; to let out funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge |
to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more |
a time; incident; meet by chance a time; incident; meet by chance; turn |
the same night; that very night; all through the night | rain | ||
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trad. (屋漏更遭連夜雨) | 屋 | 漏 | 更 | 遭 | 連夜 | 雨 | |
simp. (屋漏更遭连夜雨) | 屋 | 漏 | 更 | 遭 | 连夜 | 雨 |
Etymology edit
Literally: The roof is leaking, and it has been raining night after night
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
屋漏更遭連夜雨
- describes when a string of unlucky events occur in rapid succession