滂沱 (pāng tuó) — torrential (of rain); streaming copiously (of tears)

Definition

Examples

• 外面下着滂沱大雨，我们没法出门。
  Wài miàn xià zhe pāng tuó dà yǔ, wǒ men méi fǎ chū mén.
  It's raining torrentially outside; we can't go out.
• 他听到这个噩耗，不禁泪如滂沱。
  Tā tīng dào zhè ge è hào, bù jīn lèi rú pāng tuó.
  When he heard the bad news, he couldn't stop his tears from streaming down.
• 滂沱的暴雨持续了一整夜，街上全是积水。
  pāng tuó De bào yǔ chí xù le yì zhěng yè, jiē shàng quán shì jī shuǐ.
  The torrential rain lasted the whole night, and the streets were flooded.