大旱望雲霓

lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom) / fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

drought

full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards

15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4]

surname Yun / abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]

cloud / CL:朵[duo3]

Japanese cicada / old variant of 霓[ni2]

secondary rainbow