巴山夜雨 in English Ba1 shan1 ye4 yu3 Meaning

Meanings

• rain on Mt Ba (idiomatic expression); lonely in a strange land
• Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution

Pinyin

Ba1 shan1 ye4 yu3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

巴ba1Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) 山shan1surname Shan 夜ye4variant of 夜[ye4] 雨yu3rain