巫山雲雨

Chinese

		Wushan	clouds and rain; favour bestowed by a monarch or high-ranking official
trad. (巫山雲雨)		巫山	雲雨
simp. (巫山云雨)		巫山	云雨
Literally: “clouds and rain of Mount Wu”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūshān yúnyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄕㄢ ㄩㄣˊ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūshān yúnyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄕㄢ ㄩㄣˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wushan yúnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-shan¹ yün²-yü³
    • Yale: wū-shān yún-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ushan yunyeu
    • Palladius: ушань юньюй (ušanʹ junʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ yn³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

巫山雲雨

1. (literary) a rendezvous between two lovers