山雨欲來風滿樓

山雨欲来风满楼
shānláifēngmǎnlóu

A big event is always preceded by some kind of omen (often describing the tense situation and atmosphere before a serious event happens)

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=1 Shān surname Shan
=1 shān (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

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=2 rain

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=2
  1. (literary) to rain
  2. (of rain, snow etc) to fall
  3. to precipitate
  4. to wet
=3
  1. desire
  2. appetite
  3. passion
  4. lust
  5. greed
=3
  1. to wish for
  2. to desire
  3. variant of
4 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 lái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)
=5 fēng
  1. wind
  2. news
  3. style
  4. custom
  5. manner

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=5 fèng
  1. (obsolete) to blow; to fan
  2. (obsolete) to influence; to reform a misguided person through persuasion
  3. to blow; to fan
  4. to influence; to reform a misguided person through persuasion
=5 fěng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (fěng, “to advise in mild tone and indirect manner”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (fěng, “to criticize; to mock; to ridicule; to satire”)
  3. alternative form of / (fěng, “to advise in mild tone and indirect manner”)
  4. alternative form of / (fěng, “to criticize; to mock; to ridicule; to satire”)
=6 滿 Mǎn Manchu ethnic group
=6 滿 mǎn
  1. to fill
  2. full
  3. filled
  4. packed
  5. fully
  6. completely
  7. quite
  8. to reach the limit
  9. to satisfy
  10. satisfied
  11. contented
=7 Lóu surname Lou
=7 lóu
  1. house with more than 1 story
  2. storied building
  3. floor

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