大旱望云霓 in English da4 han4 wang4 yun2 ni2 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically desperate for an escape from a difficult situation

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Pinyin

da4 han4 wang4 yun2 ni2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

da4big han4drought wang4full moon yun2(classical) to say ni2Japanese cicada