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屋漏兼逢夜雨 (uk1 lau6 gim1 fung4 je6 jyu5) — double whammy; a series of unfortunate events occur one after each other in Cantonese

ukˉ¹屋lauˍ₆漏gimˉ¹兼fungˎ₄逢jeˍ₆夜jyuˏ₅雨
Mandarin Pinyin: wu1 lou4 jian1 feng2 ye4 yu3

Meaning of 屋漏兼逢夜雨

noundouble whammy; a series of unfortunate events occur one after each other

Characters in 屋漏兼逢夜雨

屋uk1
house; room; building
漏lau6
miss out; leave out; omit
兼gim1
double; twice
逢fung4
meet; come across; encounter
夜je6
night; dark; darkness; in night
雨jyu5
rain; rainy

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