巴山夜雨 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• rain on Mt Ba ; lonely in a strange land
• Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution

Character by character

• 巴Bāto desire, to wish for
• 山shānmountain, hill, peak
• 夜yènight, dark; under cover of night
• 雨yǔrain

Idioms sharing a character

• 巴三览四 bā sān lǎn sì
• 巴前算后 bā qián suàn hòu
• 巴山蜀水 Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ
• 巴头探脑 bā tóu tàn nǎo
• 巴高望上 bā gāo wàng shàng
• 狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba
• 百般巴结 bǎi bān bā jié
• 不识泰山 bù shí Tài Shān
• 人山人海 rén shān rén hǎi
• 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi

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