烟雨

煙雨
yānyǔ
noun #65,281

Meanings

  1. 1 misty rain
  2. 2 drizzle

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā xǐhuan zài yānyǔ zhōng mànbù Xīhú.
She likes strolling around West Lake in the misty rain.
HSK 7-9
Yuǎnchù de shānfēng yǐnmò zài yí piàn yānyǔ zhīzhōng, xiàng yì fú shuǐmòhuà.
The distant peaks disappeared into the misty rain, like an ink-wash painting.

Tips

culture
A favourite image of 江南, the misty south: 杜牧's 多少楼台烟雨中 'how many towers stand in the misty rain', and 苏轼's 一蓑烟雨任平生 'in one straw cape I let a life of mist and rain come'.

Stroke Order

烟 yān
雨 yǔ