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落雨收柴
  lok6 jyu5 sau1 caai4   jyutping
hastily; in a hurry; in a frantic manner

idiom alluding to the hasty manner in which firewood which was left to dry in the sun is hurriedly kept away when the rain starts to fall
Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
落雨收柴

This word has been viewed 1760 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 21st Dec 2007 16:40 and last edited on 31st Oct 2013 21:33
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Characters in this word:

 lok6 laai6  -  to fall
 jyu5 jyu6  -  rain
 sau1  -  receive; gather; collect
 caai4  -  firewood; faggot
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