大旱之望雲霓

Chinese

		great drought	's; him/her/it; this	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
trad. (大旱之望雲霓)		大旱	之	望	雲霓
simp. (大旱之望云霓)		大旱	之	望	云霓
Literally: “long for a rain cloud during a drought”.

Etymology

See 大旱望雲霓.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàhàn zhī wàng yúnní

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄩㄣˊ ㄋㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàhàn zhī wàng yúnní
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄩㄣˊ ㄋㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàhàn jhih wàng yúnní
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-han⁴ chih¹ wang⁴ yün²-ni²
  - Yale: dà-hàn jr̄ wàng yún-ní
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahhann jy wanq yunni
  - Palladius: дахань чжи ван юньни (daxanʹ čži van junʹni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹ yn³⁵ ni³⁵/

Idiom

大旱之望雲霓

synonym of 大旱望雲霓 / 大旱望云霓 (dàhàn wàng yúnní)
如大旱之望雲霓／如大旱之望云霓 ― rú dàhàn zhī wàng yúnní ― as if longing for a rain cloud during a drought