倾盆大雨

qīng pén dà yǔ

a downpour

Character by character

倾qīng
tip

盆pén
basin

大dà
big

雨yǔ
rain

我刚出门就下起了倾盆大雨。

I'd only just gone out when it started bucketing down.

Tone: neutral.

Rain like a tipped-out basin: 下起了倾盆大雨.

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