Tourist Simple survival phrases anyone can say
下大雨了。
Xià dà yǔ le
Big rain fell.
大 = big/heavy
Expat Natural conversational sentences
外面下大雨了,最好别出门。
Wài miàn xià dà yǔ le, zuì hǎo bié chū mén
Outside heavy rain, best not to go out.
最好别 = best not to, common advice structure
Local Idioms and expressions that sound native
外面倾盆大雨,根本没法出门!
Wài miàn qīng pén dà yǔ, gēn běn méi fǎ chū mén!
Outside torrential rain, absolutely no way to go out!
倾盆大雨 = classic idiom (pouring basin); 根本没法 = absolutely no way
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