屋漏更遭連夜雨
See also: 屋漏更遭连夜雨
Chinese
edithouse; 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
editLiterally: The roof is leaking, and it has been raining night after night
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄌㄡˋ ㄍㄥˋ ㄗㄠ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄝˋ ㄩˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wu lòu gèng zao liányè yǔ
- Wade–Giles: wu1 lou4 kêng4 tsao1 lien2-yeh4 yü3
- Yale: wū lòu gèng dzāu lyán-yè yǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u low genq tzau lianyeh yeu
- Palladius: у лоу гэн цзао лянье юй (u lou gɛn czao ljanʹje juj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵⁵ loʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kɤŋ⁵¹ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵ jɛ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
edit屋漏更遭連夜雨
- describes when a string of unlucky events occur in rapid succession