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Rain fell
  Explanation: Note: poured. Described inch hard, like filling down like rain.
  Source: Ming Feng Meng "Jingshitongyan Xie Qin Yu Boya wrestling Concert": "accidental Fengkuang surge, rain fell Vessels can not move forward, parked on the cliff below.
  Examples: Another three days, to mobilize people to curse Longtan to shock anger of God, ~. (Ming Zhu Guozhen, "Son Chung Shan Road, Building Essays gas")
dà yǔ rú zhù
  Note: different machines. Filling down like rain as described
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No. 3
  Pay for all of a sudden lightning, rain fell in torrents
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No. 4
  大雨如注 ( dà yǔ rú zhù )
  解 释 注:灌下。形容雨下得很大,雨水像往下灌似的。
  出 处 明·冯梦龙《警世通言·俞伯牙摔琴谢知音》:“偶然风狂浪涌,大雨如注,舟楫不能前进,泊于山崖之下。
  示 例 又三日,率众诅龙潭,以激神怒,~。(明·朱国桢《涌幢小品·山子道气》)
English Expression
  1. n.:  rain cats and dogs
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