倾盆大雨qīngpéndàyǔTop 30000Meanings1. (idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing downCharacters used倾to overturn盆basin大big雨rainExamples3天tiān下xià着zhe倾盆大雨qīngpéndàyǔ。It's chucking it down.今晚jīnwǎn正在zhèngzài下xià倾盆大雨qīngpéndàyǔ。It's raining cats and dogs tonight.他们tāmen冒着màozhe倾盆大雨qīngpéndàyǔ出发chūfā了le。They started in spite of the heavy rain.