大旱望云霓 dà hàn wàng yún ní

fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great
旱 hàn HSK 6
drought
望 wàng HSK 2
to hope; to expect; to look towards
云 yún HSK 4
cloud; abbr. for Yunnan Province 云南省yún nán shěng
霓 ní
secondary rainbow; old variant of 霓ní; Japanese cicada