突如其来 (突如其來)
tū rú qí lái
Pinyin

Definition

突如其来 (突如其來)
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tū rú qí lái
  1. to arise abruptly
  2. to arrive suddenly
  3. happening suddenly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 his
  2. 2 her
  3. 3 its
  4. 4 their
  5. 5 that
  6. 6 such
  7. 7 it (refers to sth preceding it)
qí tā
  1. 1 other
  2. 2 (sth or sb) else
  3. 3 the rest
qí shí
  1. 1 actually
  2. 2 in fact
  3. 3 really
  1. 1 as
  2. 2 as if
  3. 3 such as
rú jīn
  1. 1 nowadays
  2. 2 now

Idioms (20)

一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
一日不见,如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. 2 tight-lipped
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud