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Chinese
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day; sky; heaven
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rain
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grain; millet
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horse; surname
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to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note |
| trad. (天雨粟，馬生角)
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天
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雨
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粟
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馬
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生
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角
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| simp. (天雨粟，马生角)
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天
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雨
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粟
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马
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生
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角
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| Literally: “when it rains millets and horses grow horns”.
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Etymology
From Sima Qian's comment in his Records of the Grand Historian about a legend of Crown Prince Dan:
世言荊軻，其稱太子丹之命，「天雨粟，馬生角」也，太過。
世言荆轲，其称太子丹之命，「天雨粟，马生角」也，太过。 - From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Shì yán Jīng Kē, qí chēng Tàizǐ Dān zhī mìng, “tiān yù sù, mǎ shēng jiǎo” yě, tàiguò.
- When people are talking about Jing Ke, they would mention that "when it rains millets and horse grow horns" about Crown Prince Dan's fate. That statement was too far.
See the entry 烏頭白，馬生角 / 乌头白，马生角 (wū tóu bái, mǎ shēng jiǎo) for details of the legend.
Pronunciation
Idiom
天雨粟，馬生角
- (literary) when pigs fly