| 雨后春笋 |
yǔ hòu chūn sǔn |
lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession |
| 雨 |
yǔ |
rain / CL:阵,场 |
| 雨 |
yù |
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet |
| 后 |
Hòu |
surname Hou |
| 后 |
hòu |
empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler |
| 后 |
hòu |
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- |
| 春 |
chūn |
old variant of 春 |
| 春 |
Chūn |
surname Chun |
| 春 |
chūn |
spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life |
| 春笋 |
chūn sǔn |
springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate |
| 笋 |
sǔn |
bamboo shoot |