屋漏兼逢連夜雨

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Chinese

house; room
funnel; to leak; to let out
funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge
 
double; twice; simultaneous
double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
 
every time; meet by chance the same night; that very night; all through the night rain
trad. (屋漏兼逢連夜雨) 連夜
simp. (屋漏兼逢连夜雨) 连夜

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Proverb

屋漏兼逢連夜雨

  1. (chiefly Cantonese) when it rains, it pours; misfortunes never come singly

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