倾盆大雨 meaning in English

qīngpéndàyǔ

(idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down

Traditional 傾盆大雨30 strokes

Meaning of 倾盆大雨

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qīngpéndàyǔ
  1. (idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down

倾盆大雨 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

今jīn晚wǎn正zhèng在zài下xià倾qīng盆pén大dà雨yǔ。
It's raining cats and dogs tonight.
天tiān下xià着zhe倾qīng盆pén大dà雨yǔ。
It's tipping it down.
他tā们men冒mào着zhe倾qīng盆pén大dà雨yǔ出chū发fā了le。
They started in spite of the heavy rain.
不bù下xià雨yǔ则zé矣yǐ,一yī下xià一yí定dìng是shì倾qīng盆pén大dà雨yǔ。
It never rains but it pours.

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倾 qīng · to upset · 10 strokes

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盆 pén · basin · 9 strokes

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大 dà · big · 3 strokes

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雨 yǔ · rain · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 倾盆大雨.

大学dàxuéuniversity; college
下雨xià yǔto rain
大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student; college student
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family
大人dàrenadult; grownup
长大zhǎngdàto grow up
大部分dàbùfenthe greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
大声dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice
大量dàliànggreat amount; large quantity
大多数dàduōshù(great) majority
大海dàhǎisea; ocean

Questions about 倾盆大雨

What does 倾盆大雨 mean?

倾盆大雨 (qīngpéndàyǔ) means "(idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down".

How do you write 倾盆大雨?

倾盆大雨 is made of 4 characters: 倾 (10 strokes), 盆 (9 strokes), 大 (3 strokes), 雨 (8 strokes). That is 30 strokes in total.

How is 倾盆大雨 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 倾盆大雨 is written 傾盆大雨.