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English

1. (idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down
2. heavy downpour; raining cats and dogs

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 水量非常多嘅雨，比起大雨更加大

Examples

• 落緊傾盆大雨喎，揸車危險呀，搭地鐵啦。

  It's dangerous to drive when it's raining cats and dogs. Let's take the underground instead.

• 天下着倾盆大雨。

  It's chucking it down.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 今晚正在下倾盆大雨。

  It's raining cats and dogs tonight.

  Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

• 他们冒着倾盆大雨出发了。

  They started in spite of the heavy rain.

  Tatoeba · mtdot CC BY

• 不下雨則矣，一下一定是傾盆大雨。

  It never rains but it pours.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY