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空穴來風
kōng xué lái fēng
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lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom);
fig. unfounded (story);
baseless (claim)
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空穴來風未必無因
kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn
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wind does not come from an empty cave without reason;
there's no smoke without fire (idiom)
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突如其來
tū rú qí lái
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to arise abruptly;
to arrive suddenly;
happening suddenly
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站起來
zhàn qǐ lai
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to stand up
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算起來
suàn qǐ lái
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to calculate;
to estimate;
in total;
all told;
(fig.) if you think about it
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紛至沓來
fēn zhì tà lái
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to come thick and fast (idiom)
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素來
sù lái
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consistently;
always (in the past and now)
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總的來說
zǒng de lái shuō
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generally speaking;
to sum up;
in summary;
in short
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繞來繞去
rào lái rào qù
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meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere
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繼往開來
jì wǎng kāi lái
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to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition;
forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
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翻來覆去
fān lái fù qù
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to toss and turn (sleeplessly);
again and again
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翻過來
fān guò lái
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to overturn;
to turn upside down
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老來俏
lǎo lái qiào
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old person who dresses up as teenager;
mutton dressed as lamb
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老來少
lǎo lái shào
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old but young at heart
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聽來
tīng lái
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to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc);
to ring (true);
to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression);
to hear from somewhere
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聽起來
tīng qi lai
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to sound like
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胡來
hú lái
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to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules;
to mess with sth;
to make a hash of things;
to cause trouble
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自來
zì lái
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from the beginning;
always;
to come of one's own accord
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自來水
zì lái shuǐ
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running water;
tap water
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自來水管
zì lái shuǐ guǎn
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water mains;
service pipe;
tap-water pipe
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自古以來
zì gǔ yǐ lái
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since ancient times
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與生俱來
yǔ shēng jù lái
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inherent;
innate
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舉例來說
jǔ lì lái shuō
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for example
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舊的不去，新的不來
jiù de bù qù ， xīn de bù lái
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lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.;
You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.
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舶來品
bó lái pǐn
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(old) imported goods;
foreign goods
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