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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

暴雨 [bàoyǔ]
  1. 1. torrential rain; rainstorm
    下了一阵暴雨
    There was a heavy downpour.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

暴雨 [bàoyǔ]
  1. 1. 又急又大的雨。
  2. 2. 气象学上指1小时降水量达16毫米或24小时降水量达50毫米的雨。

Examples

暴雨成灾。
The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.
过去一下暴雨,这条河就发大水。
This river used to get flooded whenever there was a rainstorm.
这场农民运动如急风暴雨,势不可挡。
This peasant movement carried all before it like a hurricane.
狂风夹着暴雨
a violent wind accompanied by a torrential rain
他们向敌人展开了狂风暴雨似的攻击。
They launched a furious whirlwind attack on the enemy.
倏然一阵暴雨
A rainstorm came on suddenly.
暴雨过后,整个村子的地都被水淹了。
The heavy rains flooded all the fields of the village.
连日暴雨使大水有漫过堤围的危险。
Continuous rainstorms might cause the flood to overflow the bank.
刚才明明还是晴天,俄而暴雨骤降。
It was sunny just now, and the next moment a rainstorm came.

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