巴山夜雨 bā shān yè yǔ

rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
  2. 2. Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution

Characters

Character Meaning
巴 bā HSK 5
noun suffix; to stick to; bus
山 shān HSK 3
mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain
夜 yè HSK 5
night; variant of 夜yè
雨 yǔ HSK 1
rain; to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall