大旱望云霓
大旱望云霓
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lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom); fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation
idiom
Traditional: 大旱望雲霓
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- (idiom) lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
- fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation
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Related Words
不可终日(bù kě zhōng rì)— to be unable to carry on even for a single day
→狂风暴雨(kuáng fēng bào yǔ)— howling wind and torrential rain (idiom)
→翻手为云覆手变雨(fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ)— lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
→翻云覆雨(fān yún fù yǔ)— to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground
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