天要落雨,娘要嫁人

the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom) / fig. the natural order of things / something you can't go against

Characters and words in 天要落雨,娘要嫁人

tiān = ti + an1
Loading mnemonics…
yāo = y + ao1
to demand / to request / to coerce
Loading mnemonics…
yào = y + ao4
important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if
Loading mnemonics…
yāo = y + ao1
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
Loading mnemonics…
yào = y + ao4
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important
Loading mnemonics…
= l + a4
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind
Loading mnemonics…
lào = l + ao4
colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds
Loading mnemonics…
luò = lu + o4
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
Loading mnemonics…
= yu + Ø3
rain / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
Loading mnemonics…
= yu + Ø4
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet
Loading mnemonics…
niáng = ni + ang2
mother / young lady / (coll.) effeminate
Loading mnemonics…
niáng = ni + ang2
jià = ji + a4
(of a woman) to marry / to marry off a daughter / to shift (blame etc)
Loading mnemonics…
to get married (of woman)
rén = r + (e)n2
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
Loading mnemonics…
Loading...
Loading word appearances...
Loading sentences...
Comments
Loading comments...