📖 Meaning
This idiom describes how prolonged bad weather — rain and overcast skies — torments and wears people down. It is also used metaphorically to express being afflicted by hardship or adverse circumstances.
📜 Origin Story
The idiom originates from the Southern Song Dynasty poet Chen Liang's (陈亮) lyric poem 'Dian Jiang Chun · Ode to Plum Blossom and Moon' (《点绛唇·咏梅月》). In the poem, Chen Liang writes that despite the torment of rain and clouds, the plum blossom's noble character remains unchanged. The phrase '雨僝云僽，格调还依旧' captures the contrast between external adversity and inner steadfastness, using the harsh weather as a metaphor for life's tribulations.
💡 Example Usage
这几日雨僝云僽，连出门的心情都没有了。
These past few days of dreary, tormenting rain and clouds have sapped even the desire to step outside.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 雨僝云僽
- Pinyin: yǔ chán yún zhòu
- Literal Translation: rain, vex, cloud, vex
- Category: Condition
- Characters: 4