Definition

1. Noun:
   • Diluvial rain; torrential rain in mountainous areas that causes flooding downstream: "mưa lũ" refers to heavy, prolonged rainfall, typically in mountainous or upstream regions, which leads to a rapid accumulation and surge of water, resulting in floods in the lowland plains.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Miền Trung thường xuyên hứng chịu mưa lũ vào mùa thu. (The Central region often suffers from diluvial rain in the autumn.)
  • Mưa lũ từ vùng núi đổ về đã gây ngập lụt nghiêm trọng cho đồng bằng. (The torrential rain from the mountainous area pouring down has caused serious flooding in the plains.)

Advanced Usage

• "đợt mưa lũ": a spell/period of diluvial rain.
  • Đợt mưa lũ kéo dài đã làm sạt lở nhiều tuyến đường. (The prolonged spell of diluvial rain caused landslides on many routes.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lũ lụt (n): flood, flooding (the resulting disaster from "mưa lũ").
  • Mưa lớn kéo dài đã dẫn đến lũ lụt. (The prolonged heavy rain led to flooding.)
• Mưa lớn (n): heavy rain (a more general term).
• Lũ quét (n): flash flood (a sudden, violent flood, often a consequence of "mưa lũ").

Synonyms

• Mưa dồn nước: rain that accumulates water (less common).
• Mưa gây lũ: flood-causing rain.

Related Phrases

• Ứng phó với mưa lũ: to respond to/cope with diluvial rain.
  • Chính quyền địa phương đang tích cực ứng phó với mưa lũ. (The local authorities are actively responding to the diluvial rain.)
• Theo dõi diễn biến mưa lũ: to monitor the development of the diluvial rain situation.
  • Người dân được khuyến cáo theo dõi diễn biến mưa lũ trên truyền hình. (Residents are advised to monitor the development of the diluvial rain on television.)

Related Idioms

(Note: "Mưa lũ" itself is a specific technical term and is not commonly used in figurative idioms. Idioms typically use the more general word "mưa" (rain) or "lũ" (flood).)

1. Diluvial rain (in the mountains, which provokes floods in the plains)