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放晴

fàngqíng
verb #33,272

Meanings

  1. 1 (of weather) to clear up
  2. 2 to become sunny after rain

Examples

下午天就放晴了。
Xiàwǔ tiān jiù fàngqíng le.
By the afternoon, the weather had cleared up.
雨下了三天，今天终于放晴。
Yǔ xiàle sān tiān, jīntiān zhōngyú fàngqíng.
It rained for three days; today it finally cleared up.
希望明天放晴，我们才能去爬山。
Xīwàng míngtiān fàngqíng, wǒmen cái néng qù páshān.
Hopefully it'll clear up tomorrow so we can go hiking.

Tips

memory
放 ('release/let out') + 晴 ('clear/sunny') = the sky 'releases' the sun. A neat verb that captures the moment rain stops and the sky brightens.

Stroke Order

放 fàng
晴 qíng