屋漏更遭連夜雨

Chinese
house; room
 
funnel; to leak; to let out
funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge
 
to change; more; even more
to change; more; even more; further; still; still more
 
a time; incident; meet by chance
a time; incident; meet by chance; turn
 the same night; that very night; all through the night rain
trad. (屋漏更遭連夜雨) 屋 漏 更 遭 連夜 雨
simp. (屋漏更遭连夜雨) 屋 漏 更 遭 连夜 雨

Etymology

Literally: The roof is leaking, and it has been raining night after night

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wū lòu gèng zāo liányè yǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄌㄡˋ ㄍㄥˋ ㄗㄠ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄝˋ ㄩˇ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: wū lòu gèng zāo liányè yǔ
      • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄌㄡˋ ㄍㄥˋ ㄗㄠ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄝˋ ㄩˇ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: wu lòu gèng zao liányè yǔ
      • Wade–Giles: wu1 lou4 kêng4 tsao1 lien2-yeh4 yü3
      • Yale: wū lòu gèng dzāu lyán-yè yǔ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u low genq tzau lianyeh yeu
      • Palladius: у лоу гэн цзао лянье юй (u lou gɛn czao ljanʹje juj)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵⁵ loʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kɤŋ⁵¹ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵ jɛ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

屋漏更遭連夜雨

  1. describes when a string of unlucky events occur in rapid succession
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