一切經音義 35.47

35.47

霖雨（上音林左傳曰大雨三日往謂之霖爾雅久雨謂之霪霪謂之霖形聲字也）。

Torrential rain (The first character is pronounced lín. The Zuozhuan states: 'Heavy rain that continues for three days is called lín.' The Erya states: 'Long-lasting rain is called yín; yín is called lín.' It is a phono-semantic character).