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Open the tool →祈晴祷雨 (qí qíng dǎo yǔ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to pray for sunshine or rain, depending on agricultural or societal needs; to supplicate for specific weather conditions”.
祈晴祷雨 is pronounced qí qíng dǎo yǔ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 祈晴祷雨 means “Pray for clear weather and pray for rain”. It is used to mean “to pray for sunshine or rain, depending on agricultural or societal needs; to supplicate for specific weather conditions”.
祈:向神求祷;祷:向神祈求。祈求日出或下雨