山雨欲來風滿樓 (saan1 jyu5 juk6 loi4 fung1 mun5 lau4) — before a big storm there's signs pointing to what is about to come - the wind blowing through a tower precedes the storm in the mountains in Cantonese

saanˉ¹jyuˏ₅jukˍ₆loiˎ₄fungˉ¹munˏ₅滿lauˎ₄
山雨欲来风满楼
Mandarin Pinyin: shan1 yu3 yu4 lai2 feng1 man3 lou2

Meaning of 山雨欲來風滿樓

nounbefore a big storm there's signs pointing to what is about to come - the wind blowing through a tower precedes the storm in the mountains
nounthe signs of important events often come before they are about to happen

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