躲雨 (duǒ yǔ) — to take shelter from the rain

Definition

A verb-object phrase (离合词) meaning 'take shelter from the rain.' 躲 is the action; insert other elements between the two characters when using aspect or duration, as in 躲了一个小时的雨.

verb
to take shelter from the rain

Examples

  • 躲雨
    Xià yǔ le, wǒ men kuài qù duǒ yǔ.
    It's raining, let's quickly take shelter.
  • Tā men zài qiáo xià duǒ le yí gè xiǎo shí de yǔ.
    They took shelter under the bridge for an hour.
  • 躲雨
    duǒ yǔ De shí hou, wǒ kàn le kàn shǒu jī.
    While taking shelter from the rain, I glanced at my phone.

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