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暴风雨天bào fēng yǔ tiān
stormy
Definitions
Components | ||
雨天 | yǔtiān | |
1. n. wet weather; rainy weather | ||
暴风雨 | ||
1. Simplified form of 暴風雨 | ||
暴風雨 | bàofēngyǔ | |
1. n. rainstorm; storm | ||
暴 | bào | |
1. sudden | ||
2. violent; cruel; brutal; tyrannical | ||
暴行 - act of violence | ||
3. quick-tempered; hot-tempered | ||
暴躁 - irritable; irascible; bad-tempered | ||
4. to spoil; to waste; to damage | ||
自暴自棄 - to abandon oneself to despair | ||
5. (literary) to abuse; to oppress; to treat cruelly | ||
风 | ||
1. Simplified form of 風 | ||
風 | fēng | |
1. wind | ||
風雨 (fēngyǔ) - wind and rain; hardships | ||
狂風 (kuángfēng) - gale | ||
外面 風 很 大 (wàimiàn fēng hěn dà) - It's very windy outside. | ||
2. to air-dry | ||
3. (in compounds) air-dried | ||
風雞 (fēngjī) - air-dried chicken | ||
4. general mood; custom | ||
風俗 (fēngsú) - customs | ||
歪風 (wāifēng) - unhealthy trend | ||
5. demeanour | ||
風範 (fēngfàn) - manner | ||
風度 (fēngdù) - elegance | ||
6. cultivation; moralisation | ||
風教 (fēngjiào) - cultivation | ||
7. style; manner | ||
風格 (fēnggé) - style | ||
文風 (wénfēng) - writing style | ||
8. (in compounds) scene; scenery | ||
風景 (fēngjǐng) - scenery | ||
風光 (fēngguāng) - scenery | ||
風物 (fēngwù) - scenery | ||
9. news; information | ||
風聲 (fēngshēng) - news | ||
通風報信 (tōngfēngbàoxìn) - to secretly pass on information to others | ||
聞風而動 (wénfēng'érdòng) - to act at once on hearing the news | ||
10. love; affection; to become sexually attracted; to copulate | ||
風月 (fēngyuè) - romance | ||
風情 (fēngqíng) - amorous feelings | ||
風.馬.牛.不.相及 (fēng mǎ niú bù xiàngjí) - irrelevant | ||
11. dissolute; promiscuous | ||
風流 (fēngliú) - dissolute | ||
風騷 (fēngsāo) - flirtatious behaviour | ||
12. ungrounded; baseless | ||
風言風語 (fēngyánfēngyǔ) - slanderous gossip | ||
13. one of the three sections of Shijing, consisting of ballads | ||
14. (in general) folk song; ballad | ||
采風 (cǎifēng) - to collect folk songs | ||
15. (obsolete) Alternative form of 瘋 (mad; insane) | ||
風病 (fēngbìng) - psychiatric illness | ||
16. (TCM) one of the "Six Excesses" (tr=-) that cause diseases in traditional Chinese medicine | ||
風寒 (fēnghán) - wind chill | ||
風濕 (fēngshī) - rheumatic | ||
17. (TCM) a type of diseases that are typically acute | ||
痛風 (tòngfēng) - gout | ||
中zhòng風 (zhòngfēng) - stroke | ||
18. (Cantonese) rumour | ||
19. (Cantonese) Short for 颱風 (typhoon, tr=-) | ||
20. (Hokkien) minty | ||
21. (Philippines Hokkien) spicy | ||
22. . Feng; Fung | ||
23. (obsolete) to blow; to fan | ||
24. (obsolete) to influence; to reform a misguided person through persuasion | ||
風民 (fèngmín) - to cultivate the masses | ||
風fěng勸 (fěngquàn) - to advise | ||
風fěng諭 (fěngyù) - to advise in mild tone | ||
雨 | yǔ | |
1. rain | ||
2. (literary) to rain | ||
3. (literary, of rain, snow, tears, etc.) to fall (like rain) | ||
4. (literary) to moisten | ||
天 | tiān | |
1. sky; heavens; heavenly; celestial | ||
(zh-co, 天空, sky) | ||
天 黑 了。 - It's getting dark. (lit. The sky is becoming black) | ||
2. (mythology or religion) heaven as the abode of the gods or the blessed departed; heavenly | ||
(zh-co, 上天, to go up to the sky; to go to heaven) | ||
(zh-co, 天意, Heaven's will) | ||
3. (mythology or religion) Heaven as an impersonal deity; (often translated as God) | ||
(zh-co, 天主, God) | ||
(zh-co, 老天, god) | ||
(zh-co, 我 的 天 啊!, Oh my God!) | ||
天 助 自 助 者。 - God helps those who help themselves. | ||
4. top; overhead | ||
(zh-co, 天橋, footbridge) | ||
(zh-co, 天窗, sunroof) | ||
5. weather; climate | ||
天 很 冷。 - It's very cold. | ||
如果 天 晴,我們 就 去 散步。 - If the weather clears, we'll go for a walk. | ||
6. day (24 hours) | ||
(zh-co, 今天, today) | ||
(zh-co, 明天, tomorrow) | ||
(zh-co, 三 天, three days) | ||
7. day (as opposed to night) | ||
(zh-co, 白天, daytime) | ||
(zh-co, 三 天 兩 夜, three days and two nights) | ||
8. period of time in a day | ||
(zh-co, 五更天, just before dawn) | ||
天 不 早 了。 - It's getting late. | ||
9. season | ||
春天、夏天、秋天、冬天 - spring, summer, autumn, winter | ||
(zh-co, 黃梅天, rainy season) | ||
10. nature | ||
(zh-co, 天災, natural disaster) | ||
11. natural; innate | ||
(zh-co, 天生, innate) | ||
(zh-co, 天性, nature, personality) | ||
(zh-co, 天才, genius) | ||
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bào fēng yǔ tiān
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