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阴天
yīntiān
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- pinyin
- yīntiān
- simplified
- 阴天
- traditional
- 陰天
1 · noun
Weather in which most of the sky is covered by clouds.
天空大部分被云遮住的天气。
Use It is cloudy; 阴天 is noun-like, and 天阴了 describes a change.
It is cloudy now, but the path is still dry.
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现在是阴天，不过小路还是干的。
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cloudy — Weather in which most of the sky is covered by clouds.