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層出不窮
简 层出不穷 · 繁 層出不窮Mandarin · pinyin céng chū bù qióng
Meanings
- more and more emerge
- innumerable succession
- breeding like flies (idiom)
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2–1–4–2 · ceng2 chu1 bu4 qiong2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cang4 ceot1 bat1 kung4
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cang4 ceot1 bat1 kung4
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to emerge in an endless stream; to come thick and fast
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