雨过天晴 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• sky clears after rain
• new hopes after a disastrous period
• every cloud has a silver lining
• see also 雨过天青 (yǔ guò tiān qīng)

Character by character

• 雨yǔrain
• 过guòpass; to go across, to pass through
• 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
• 晴qíngclear weather, fine weather

Idioms sharing a character

• 一雨成秋 yī yǔ chéng qiū
• 倾盆大雨 qīng pén dà yǔ
• 呼风唤雨 hū fēng huàn yǔ
• 天雨路滑 tiān yù lù huá
• 巴山夜雨 Bā shān yè yǔ
• 日晒雨淋 rì shài yǔ lín
• 春风化雨 chūn fēng huà yǔ
• 梨花带雨 lí huā dài yǔ
• 栉风沐雨 zhì fēng mù yǔ
• 汗如雨下 hàn rú yǔ xià

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