冻雨

东边日出西边雨 dōngbiānrìchūxībiānyǔ

sun rises in the east while rain falls in the west — a paradoxical, mixed situation; or: feelings that are both 'there and not there' / literally: on the east side, the sun comes out; on the west side, rain

山色空蒙雨亦奇 shānsèkōngméngyǔyìqí

the hues of the hills are misty and empty — the rain too is marvelous / (fig.) West Lake's rain-shrouded beauty is as fine as the sunny version / (lit.) mountain-color empty-misty, rain also marvelous

小楼一夜听春雨 xiǎolóuyīyètīngchūnyǔ

in the little chamber, all night long, I listened to the spring rain / (fig.) an image of delicate sleepless reverie; the poet alone with the sound of rain / (lit.) small tower one night listen spring rain

多少楼台烟雨中 duōshǎolóutáiyānyǔzhōng

how many towers and terraces stand in the misty rain / countless temples wreathed in rain and mist / closing line of Du Mu's Jiangnan Spring evoking Southern Dynasties' Buddhism

大雨滂沱 dàyǔpāngtuó

torrential rain / pouring rain / heavy downpour

及时雨 jíshíyǔ #74,151

timely rain / (figurative) timely help; aid that arrives exactly when needed / nickname of Song Jiang in 《水浒传》

冻死 dòngsǐ #7,966

to freeze to death / to be freezing cold (colloquial exaggeration)

雨后春笋 yǔhòuchūnsǔn #96,706

bamboo shoots after spring rain (idiom) / springing up rapidly and in large numbers / a sudden proliferation

巴山夜雨涨秋池 bāshānyèyǔzhǎngqiūchí

night rain on Ba Mountain swells the autumn pond / Li Shangyin's line of separation — writing back north from rainy Sichuan, the rain comes to stand for homesickness itself

风流总被雨打风吹去 fēngliúzǒngbèiyǔdǎfēngchuīqù

all glory and romance are in the end beaten by rain and blown off by wind / (fig.) the splendor of past heroes and times inevitably fades into history / (lit.) elegance / dash — always gets rain-struck and wind-blown away