下雨天不撑伞,淋到头上了下雨天不撐傘,淋到頭上了下雨天不撐傘,淋到頭上了

not putting up an umbrella in the rain: it's pouring on your head

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Said when a matter has now come round to oneself, as in 'it's my turn'.
Wordplay: 淋 (lín, to be drenched) sounds like 临 (lín, to arrive at), so 'it's rained on my head' means 'it has fallen to me'.

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Simplified: 下雨天不撑伞,淋到头上了
Traditional (Taiwan): 下雨天不撐傘,淋到頭上了
Pinyin: xià yǔtiān bù chēngsǎn,lín dào tóushàng le
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥㄙㄢˇ,ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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