无风不起浪
Traditional form:
無風不起浪
Pinyin (reading):
wúfēngbùqǐlàng
Definitions:
- lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason
- no smoke without fire
Characters:
- 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
- 风 - wind; air; customs, manners; news
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
- 浪 - breaker, wave; reckless, wasteful
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