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暴风雨天
bào fēng yǔ tiān



暴风雨天
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
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
     1. Simplified form of 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
     1. rain
     2. (literary) to rain
     3. (literary, of rain, snow, tears, etc.) to fall (like rain)
     4. (literary) to moisten
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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