| 天要落雨，娘要嫁人 |
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén |
the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom) / fig. the natural order of things / something you can't go against |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 要 |
yāo |
(bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| 要 |
yào |
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important |
| 落 |
là |
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind |
| 落 |
lào |
colloquial reading for 落 in certain compounds |
| 落 |
luò |
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement |
| 落雨 |
luò yǔ |
(dialect) to rain |
| 雨 |
yǔ |
rain / CL:阵,场 |
| 雨 |
yù |
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet |
| 娘 |
niáng |
mother / young lady / (coll.) effeminate |
| 娘 |
niáng |
variant of 娘 |
| 要 |
yāo |
(bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| 要 |
yào |
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important |
| 嫁 |
jià |
(of a woman) to marry / to marry off a daughter / to shift (blame etc) |
| 嫁人 |
jià rén |
(of a woman) to get married; to take a husband |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |