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山雨欲來風滿樓
saan1 jyu5 juk6 loi4 fung1 mun5 lau4
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before a big storm there's signs pointing to what is about to come - the wind blowing through a tower precedes the storm in the mountains  Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1534 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 13th Mar 2010 01:33 and last edited on 18th May 2014 19:36 |
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Characters in this word:山 saan1 - mountain; hill; peak雨 jyu5 jyu6 - rain 欲 juk6 - want; wish; about to 來 loi4 - come; arrive; future 風 fung1 fung3 - wind 滿 mun5 - full of; entire; satisfied; expire; Manchu 樓 lau4 - multi-storey building |
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