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屋漏更遭連夜雨

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Chinese

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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) 連夜
simp. (屋漏更遭连夜雨) 连夜

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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屋漏更遭連夜雨

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