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列风淫雨 列：烈；淫：过量。本指狂风暴雨。后比喻错别字连篇 南朝梁·刘勰《文心雕龙·练字》：“《尚书大传》有‘别风淮雨’，《帝王世纪》云‘列风淫雨’；‘别’、‘列’、‘淮’、‘淫’，字似潜移；‘淫’‘列’义当而不奇，‘淮’‘别’理乖而新异 Liè  Fēng  Yín  Yǔ Lfyy

The idiom 'Gusty winds and heavy rain' originally referred to severe weather but later came to describe writing filled with errors.

成语“列风淫雨”原指狂风暴雨，后比喻错别字连篇。

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