屋漏偏逢连夜雨

• 尸(roof; body (pictographic))RADICAL
• 至(arrive at; reach)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A house is where a roof shelters and welcomes people returning home.

• 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
• 屚(drip down; seep down)PHONETIC

Water seeping through cracks is an unstoppable leak.

• 亻(person; man; human)RADICAL
• 扁(flat; small board)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A person leaning to one side like a tilted flat board hanging askew.

• 辶(step; move)RADICAL
• 夆(meet; encounter)PHONETIC

When walking down the road you suddenly meet an acquaintance, your feet step forward while your heart fills with joy.

• 辶(step; walk; move)RADICAL
• 车(vehicle; cart)ASSOCIATIVE

Vehicles following one another moving continuously on the road is the meaning of the character 連.

• 亠(roof; upper part)ASSOCIATIVE
• 亻(person; human)ASSOCIATIVE
• 夕(evening; crescent moon)RADICAL

Night is when people bow their heads to rest under the moonlight of evening.

• 雨(rain (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

The character 雨 depicts drops of water falling from the sky, symbolizing rain.