[倾盆大雨 / 傾盆大雨, qīng pén dà yǔ, ㄑㄧㄥ ㄆㄣˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ]a downpour; rain bucketing down; fig. to be overwhelmed (with work or things to study)#49214[Add to Longdo]
[柴达木盆地 / 柴達木盆地, chái dá mù pén dì, ㄔㄞˊ ㄉㄚˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄆㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ]Tsaidam or Qaidam basin depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.#61769[Add to Longdo]
[四大盆地, sì dà pén dì, ㄙˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ]four great basin depressions of China, namely Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地[Add to Longdo]
[戴盆望天, dài pén wàng tiān, ㄉㄞˋ ㄆㄣˊ ㄨㄤˋ ㄊㄧㄢ]lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head (成语 saw, from Sima Qian's letter to Ren An 司馬遷|司马迁, 報任少卿書|报任少卿书); it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head; fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered[Add to Longdo]
[准格尔盆地 / 準格爾盆地, zhǔn gé ěr pén dì, ㄓㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄜˊ ㄦˇ ㄆㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ]the Junggar or Dsungharian basin in Xinjiang between the Altai and TianShan ranges[Add to Longdo]
[鼓盆之戚 / 鼓盆之慼, gǔ pén zhī qī, ㄍㄨˇ ㄆㄣˊ ㄓ ㄑㄧ]drumming on a bowl in grief (成语 saw, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife); fig. grief for a lost wife[Add to Longdo]
[ぼんとしょうがつがいっしょにきたよう, bontoshougatsugaisshonikitayou](exp) (id) To be as busy as a bee; Like Christmas and a birthday feast rolled into one[Add to Longdo]