降雨
jiàng yǔ
Pinyin

Definition

降雨
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jiàng yǔ
  1. precipitation
  2. rainfall

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下雨
xià yǔ
  1. 1 to rain
降临
jiàng lín
  1. 1 to descend
  2. 2 to arrive
  3. 3 to come
雨
yǔ
  1. 1 rain
  2. 2 CL:陣|阵[zhèn],場|场[cháng]
下降
xià jiàng
  1. 1 to decline
  2. 2 to drop
  3. 3 to fall
  4. 4 to go down
  5. 5 to decrease
冒雨
mào yǔ
  1. 1 to brave the rain
大雨
dà yǔ
  1. 1 heavy rain
  2. 2 CL:場|场[cháng]
小雨
xiǎo yǔ
  1. 1 light rain
  2. 2 drizzle
从天而降
cóng tiān ér jiàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to appear unexpectedly
  3. 3 to arise abruptly
  4. 4 out of the blue
  5. 5 to drop into one's lap
投降
tóu xiáng
  1. 1 to surrender
  2. 2 surrender
春雨
chūn yǔ
  1. 1 spring rain
  2. 2 gift from above
暴雨
bào yǔ
  1. 1 torrential rain
  2. 2 rainstorm
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng],陣|阵[zhèn]
暴风雨
bào fēng yǔ
  1. 1 rainstorm
  2. 2 storm
  3. 3 tempest
毛毛雨
máo mao yǔ
  1. 1 drizzle
  2. 2 light rain
  3. 3 (fig.) mere trifle
流星雨
liú xīng yǔ
  1. 1 meteor shower
淋雨
lín yǔ
  1. 1 to get wet in the rain
烟雨
yān yǔ
  1. 1 misty rain
  2. 2 drizzle
细雨
xì yǔ
  1. 1 fine rain
  2. 2 drizzle
  3. 3 poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱|李商隐
降
jiàng
  1. 1 to drop
  2. 2 to fall
  3. 3 to come down
  4. 4 to descend
降低
jiàng dī
  1. 1 to reduce
  2. 2 to lower
  3. 3 to bring down
降价
jiàng jià
  1. 1 to cut the price
  2. 2 to drive down the price
  3. 3 to get cheaper

Idioms (20)

一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
  1. 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
干打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
呼风唤雨
hū fēng huàn yǔ
  1. 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers
  2. 2 fig. to stir up troubles
唤雨呼风
huàn yǔ hū fēng
  1. 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom)
  2. 2 to exercise magical powers
  3. 3 fig. to stir up troubles
  4. 4 also 呼風喚雨|呼风唤雨[hū fēng huàn yǔ]
喜从天降
xǐ cóng tiān jiàng
  1. 1 joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news
  2. 2 unlooked-for happy event
天要落雨，娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
  1. 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the natural order of things
  3. 3 something you can't go against
天雨路滑
tiān yù lù huá
  1. 1 roads are slippery due to rain (idiom)
天雨顺延
tiān yǔ shùn yán
  1. 1 weather permitting (idiom)
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
巴山夜雨
Bā shān yè yǔ
  1. 1 rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
  2. 2 Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
从天而降
cóng tiān ér jiàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to appear unexpectedly
  3. 3 to arise abruptly
  4. 4 out of the blue
  5. 5 to drop into one's lap
招降纳叛
zhāo xiáng nà pàn
  1. 1 to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
日晒雨淋
rì shài yǔ lín
  1. 1 scorched and drenched by sun and rain (idiom); suffer from exposure to the elements
  2. 2 weather-beaten
春风化雨
chūn fēng huà yǔ
  1. 1 lit. spring wind and rain (idiom); fig. the long-term influence of a solid education
未雨绸缪
wèi yǔ chóu móu
  1. 1 lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead
  2. 2 to prepare for a rainy day
梨花带雨
lí huā dài yǔ
  1. 1 lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
栉风沐雨
zhì fēng mù yǔ
  1. 1 lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather
汗如雨下
hàn rú yǔ xià
  1. 1 sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely
  2. 2 sweating like a pig

Sample Sentences

强降雨导致意大利不少地区面临洪灾风险。
qiángjiàngyǔ dǎozhì Yìdàlì bùshǎo dìqū miànlín hóngzāi fēngxiǎn 。
Heavy rains have caused many parts of Italy to face risk of flooding.
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当地时间八月十七日印度加尔各答，当地迎来降雨天气，街道被积水淹没。
dāngdì shíjiān Bāyuè shíqī rì Yìndù Jiāěrgèdá ，dāngdì yínglái jiàngyǔ tiānqì ，jiēdào bèi jīshuǐ yānmò 。
On August 17, local time in Calcutta, India, rainy weather caused the streets to be flooded with water.
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北方降雨少，干旱。所以我想“春雨贵如油”之类的谚语应该是北方人总结出来的。不过人们常说：女人是水做的，南方湿润的气候对女性的皮肤倒是比较好。
běifāng jiàngyǔ shǎo ，gānhàn 。suǒyǐ wǒ xiǎng “chūnyǔ guì rú yóu ”zhīlèi de yànyǔ yīnggāi shì běifāngrén zǒngjié chūlái de 。bùguò rénmen cháng shuō ：nǚrén shì shuǐ zuò de ，nánfāng shīrùn de qìhòu duì nǚxìng de pífū dàoshì bǐjiào hǎo 。
In the north there's little rainfall, so it's dry. That's why I think "spring rain is as precious as oil" and similar sayings probably came out of the north. But people often say that women are made of water, and the moist climate of the south is better for a woman's skin.
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明天的降雨概率是百分之八十。
míngtiān de jiàngyǔ gàilǜ shì bǎifēnzhī bāshí 。
The chance of rain tomorrow is 80%.
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今天早上甘肃省舟曲县突发特大泥石流自然灾害，现在降雨已经停止，搜救和援助工作正在进行中。
jīntiān zǎoshang Gānsù shěng Zhōuqū xiàn tūfā tè dà níshíliú zìrán zāihài ，xiànzài jiàngyǔ yǐjīng tíngzhǐ ，sōujiù hé yuánzhù gōngzuò zhèngzài jìnxíng zhōng 。
This morning in Zhouqu county of Gansu province a natural disaster occurred in the form of a sudden and exceptionally large mudslide. Currently the rain has stopped and search and rescue, as well as aid efforts, are in progress.
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