础润而雨
chǔ​rùn'ér​yǔ

small signs reveal big events

  • created reference approved 础润而雨/礎潤而雨 → 月晕而风/月暈而風 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    础润而雨 / 礎潤而雨 chǔ​rùn'ér​yǔ

    月晕而风 / 月暈而風 yuè​yùn'ér​fēng

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  • created sense approved 础润而雨/礎潤而雨 · chǔ​rùn'ér​yǔ · small signs reveal big events — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    础润而雨 / 礎潤而雨

    chǔ​rùn'ér​yǔ

    small signs reveal big events

    Literally meaning that moisture on a stone pillar base predicts rain, this idiom describes how small signs can reveal the truth or the way things are going to develop.

    础 (literal) → 础/礎 · chǔ · foundation; base 润 (literal) → 润/潤 · rùn · moist and glossy 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 雨 (literal) → 雨 · yù · to rain

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