sentence: the east asian rainy season , commonly called the plum rain ( chinese : 梅雨 , méiyǔ ; , tsuyu , baiu ; , jangma , russian : затяжные , zatyazhnie ) , is caused by precipitation along a persistent stationary front known as the meiyu front for nearly two months during the late spring and early summer between eastern russia , china , taiwan , korea , and japan .