止雨 zhǐ yǔ

zhǐ yǔ phrase praying for the rain to stop
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: title of Chapter 75 in Scroll 16 of 春秋繁露 “Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals,” attributed to 董仲舒 Dong Zhongshu 179–104 BCE (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 547)

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