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雨後春筍

简雨后春笋 · 繁雨後春筍

Mandarin · pinyin yǔ hòu chūn sǔn

lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth
many new things emerge in rapid succession

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雨: yǔ · rain; rainy; Kangxi radical 173
後: hòu · behind, rear, after; descendents
春: chūn · spring; wanton
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后: hòu · queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
笋: sǔn · bamboo shoots

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3–4–1–3 · yu3 hou4 chun1 sun3

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jyu5 hau6 ceon1 seon2

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(figurative) many things coming into being in rapid succession (after a certain timepoint)

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