久旱逢甘霖
jiǔ​hàn​féng​gān​lín

long-awaited relief

  • created reference approved 久旱逢甘霖 → 久旱逢甘雨 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    久旱逢甘霖 jiǔ​hàn​féng​gān​lín

    久旱逢甘雨 jiǔ​hàn​féng​gān​yǔ

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 久旱逢甘霖 · jiǔ​hàn​féng​gān​lín · long-awaited relief — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    久旱逢甘霖

    jiǔ​hàn​féng​gān​lín

    long-awaited relief

    sweet rain after a long drought; to satisfy a long-felt need or have a long-held hope finally realized when in a difficult situation

    久 (literal) → 久 · jiǔ · long 旱 (literal) → 旱 · hàn · drought 逢 (literal) → 逢 · féng · to meet 甘霖 (literal) → 甘霖 · gān​lín · timely rain

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