waang4 fung1 waang4 jyu5橫風橫雨横风橫雨
Jyutpingwaang4 fung1 waang4 jyu5
Yalewàahng fūng wàahng yúh
Definition
Extremely windy and rainy; howling wind and driving rain.
colloquialweather
How it's used
This idiom vividly describes weather so severe that rain appears to be falling horizontally rather than vertically. It is almost exclusively used to describe extreme weather conditions during typhoons or severe storms. Unlike standard descriptions of rain, it emphasizes the chaotic and dangerous nature of the wind speed.
Examples
It is pouring with wind and rain outside, are you still going out?
When the typhoon hits, the whole street is lashed by wind and rain.
Related words
Common phrases
weather with heavy wind and rain
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Grammar guides
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