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fēng 风 yǔ 雨 jiāo 交 jiā 加

风雨交加 fēng yǔ jiāo jiā

wind and rain together; a raging storm

Literally: wind rain cross add

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Origin

Descriptive; no single source story. Attested in Qing fiction such as Jinghua Yuan.

How to use it

Predicate or attributive; neutral, often literal, sometimes figurative of hardship. Often 风雨交加的夜晚.

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  1. 在一个风雨交加的夜晚,医生冒着大雨赶到了病人家里。
    Zài yí gè fēng yǔ jiāo jiā de yèwǎn, yīshēng màozhe dàyǔ gǎndào le bìngrén jiā lǐ.
    On a stormy night, the doctor braved the downpour to reach the patient's home.
    at one (measure) wind rain cross add (attributive particle) night, doctor brave (continuous particle) heavy rain rush-to (aspect particle) patient home in
  2. 台风登陆时风雨交加,沿海居民已全部转移。
    Táifēng dēnglù shí fēng yǔ jiāo jiā, yánhǎi jūmín yǐ quánbù zhuǎnyí.
    When the typhoon made landfall, wind and rain lashed together; the coastal residents had all been evacuated.
    typhoon land time wind rain cross add, coastal resident already all transfer

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