傾盆大雨 [倾－－－]

Jyutping king1 pun4 daai6 jyu5
Pinyin qīng pén dà yǔ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a downpour; rain bucketing down
  2. (fig.) to be overwhelmed (with work or things to study)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    水量​非常​多​嘅​雨​，​比起​大雨​更加​大
    heavy downpour; raining cats and dogs
    • 落緊傾盆大雨喎，揸車危險呀，搭地鐵啦。
      落紧倾盆大雨㖞，揸车危险呀，搭地铁啦。
      lok6 gan2 king1 pun4 daai6 jyu5 wo3, zaa1 ce1 ngai4 him2 aa3, daap3 dei6 tit3 laa1.
      It's dangerous to drive when it's raining cats and dogs. Let's take the underground instead.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    rain cats and dogs; downpour
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    今晚正在下倾盆大雨。
    今晚正在下傾盆大雨。
    jīn wǎn zhèng zài xià qīng pén dà yǔ 。
    • It's raining cats and dogs tonight.
  2. Mandarin
    天下着倾盆大雨。
    天下着傾盆大雨。
    tiān xià zhe qīng pén dà yǔ 。
    • It's bucketing down.
    • It's raining heavily.
    • It's chucking it down.
    • It's tipping it down.
    • It's pelting down.
  3. Mandarin
    不下雨则矣，一下一定是倾盆大雨。
    不下雨則矣，一下一定是傾盆大雨。
    bù xià yǔ zé yǐ ， yī xià yī dìng shì qīng pén dà yǔ 。
    • It never rains but it pours.
  4. Mandarin
    他们冒着倾盆大雨出发了。
    他們冒着傾盆大雨出發了。
    tā men mào zhe qīng pén dà yǔ chū fā le 。
    • They started in spite of the heavy rain.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    落紧倾盆大雨㖞，揸车危险呀，搭地铁啦。
    落緊傾盆大雨喎，揸車危險呀，搭地鐵啦。
    lok6 gan2 king1 pun4 daai6 jyu5 wo3, zaa1 ce1 ngai4 him2 aa3, daap3 dei6 tit3 laa1.
    • It's dangerous to drive when it's raining cats and dogs. Let's take the underground instead.