Shān yǔ yù lái, fēng mǎn lóu.

山雨欲來, 風滿樓。

Lit [When the] mountain rains are about to come, the wind fills the tower. “The wind sweeping through the tower heralds a rising storm in the mountains.” “The rising wind forebodes the coming storm.”

Fig Coming events cast their shadows before them.

Note [A line from the poem “Xiányáng Chéng Dōng Lóu” by the Tang dynasty poet Xǔ Hún, later became proverbial.]

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