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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
霖雨
- long spell of heavy rain
若歲大旱，用汝作霖雨。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
若岁大旱，用汝作霖雨。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
- Ruò suì dàhàn, yòng rǔ zuò línyǔ.
- Suppose me in a year of great drought; I will use you as a copious rain.
如有霖雨，旬日不霽，必盈溢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
如有霖雨，旬日不霁，必盈溢。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Rú yǒu línyǔ, xúnrì bù jì, bì yíngyì.
- If there is heavy rain for ten days without abatement, it will surely overflow.
霖雨長安時孟秋，^嶠南歸客獨登樓。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]- From: 《聽曉鐘》("Listening to Bells at Dawn") by Kim Byeong'yeon (金炳淵), 1800s
- Imu jang'an si maengchu, Gyonam gwi gaek dok deung nu. [Sino-Korean]
- The heavy rain is in the capital, and the time is early autumn; the traveler returning from Yeongnam climbs the pavilion alone.
- (figurative) bounties and favor (e.g. by a monarch to a courtier)
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