屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū​lòu​piān​féng​lián​yè​yǔ

when it rains, it pours

  • created reference approved 屋漏偏逢连夜雨/屋漏偏逢連夜雨 → 破屋又遭连夜雨/破屋又遭連夜雨 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屋漏偏逢连夜雨 / 屋漏偏逢連夜雨 wū​lòu​piān​féng​lián​yè​yǔ

    破屋又遭连夜雨 / 破屋又遭連夜雨 pò​wū​yòu​zāo​lián​yè​yǔ

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  • created reference approved 屋漏偏逢连夜雨/屋漏偏逢連夜雨 → 屋漏更遭连夜雨/屋漏更遭連夜雨 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屋漏偏逢连夜雨 / 屋漏偏逢連夜雨 wū​lòu​piān​féng​lián​yè​yǔ

    屋漏更遭连夜雨 / 屋漏更遭連夜雨 wū​lòu​gèng​zāo​lián​yè​yǔ

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  • created sense approved 屋漏偏逢连夜雨/屋漏偏逢連夜雨 · wū​lòu​piān​féng​lián​yè​yǔ · when it rains, it pours — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屋漏偏逢连夜雨 / 屋漏偏逢連夜雨

    wū​lòu​piān​féng​lián​yè​yǔ

    when it rains, it pours

    The roof is leaking and it happens to rain all night; describes a situation where bad luck or problems occur one after another.

    屋漏 (literal) → 屋漏 · wū​lòu · leak in the roof 偏 (literal) → 偏 · piān · contrary to expectations 逢 (literal) → 逢 · féng · to meet 连夜 (literal) → 连夜/連夜 · lián​yè · all through the night 雨 (literal) → 雨 · yǔ · rain

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