大旱望云霓
dà​hàn​wàng​yún​ní

to yearn for relief

  • created reference approved 大旱望云霓/大旱望雲霓 → 大旱望霓 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大旱望云霓 / 大旱望雲霓 dà​hàn​wàng​yún​ní

    大旱望霓 dà​hàn​wàng​ní

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  • created sense approved 大旱望云霓/大旱望雲霓 · dà​hàn​wàng​yún​ní · to yearn for relief — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大旱望云霓 / 大旱望雲霓

    dà​hàn​wàng​yún​ní

    to yearn for relief

    To yearn for relief from a desperate situation; literally looking for rain clouds during a severe drought. This idiom expresses an earnest longing for the arrival of someone or the fulfillment of a wish.

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 旱 (literal) → 旱 · hàn · drought 望 (literal) → 望 · wàng · to hope 云霓 (literal) → 云霓/雲霓 · yún​ní · clouds and rainbow

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