瓢泼大雨

瓢潑大雨

piáopōdàyǔ

idiom #35,273

Meanings

1 a torrential downpour
2 rain pouring as if from a ladle
3 bucketing rain

Characters

to splash; to pour

Examples

外面下着瓢泼大雨，街上几乎没人。

Wàimiàn xià zhe piáopōdàyǔ, jiē shàng jīhū méi rén.

It's pouring outside — there's almost no one on the streets.

一场瓢泼大雨过后，地上积满了水。

Yī chǎng piáopōdàyǔ guòhòu, dìshàng jī mǎn le shuǐ.

After one torrential downpour, the ground was covered in standing water.

Tips

memory

瓢 is a gourd ladle; imagine someone overhead emptying ladle after ladle of water on you. That's 瓢泼大雨.

Stroke Order

瓢 piáo

泼 pō

大 dà

雨 yǔ