大旱望云霓

Traditional: 大旱望雲霓

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Dictionary entry

(lit.) looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)

What does 大旱望云霓 mean?

大旱望云霓 (dà hàn wàng yún ní) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)

2(fig.) to yearn for relief from a desperate situation

Character breakdown

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大dàbig; large; great · older (than another person)旱hàndrought 望wàngfull moon · to hope 云yún(classical) to say 霓níJapanese cicada · old variant of 霓[ni2]

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