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屋漏更遭连夜雨

wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
when it rains, it pours (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-59a5bb4d6558c95b. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

屋漏更遭連夜雨 屋漏更遭连夜雨 [wu1 lou4 geng4 zao1 lian2 ye4 yu3] /when it rains, it pours (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 屋漏更遭連夜雨

  • 屋
    wū

    (bound form) house / (bound form) room

  • 漏
    lòu

    to leak / to divulge / to leave out by mistake / waterclock or hourglass (old)

  • 更
    gēng

    to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

    gèng

    more / even more / further / still / still more

  • 遭
    zāo

    to suffer / to meet with (usu. misfortune) / classifier for events: time, turn, incident

  • 连
    lián

    to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession / including / (used with 也[yě], 都[dōu] etc) even / company (military)

    Lián

    surname Lian

  • 夜
    yè

    night

  • 雨
    yù

    (literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet

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