平地起风波
píng​dì​qǐ​fēng​bō

trouble from nowhere

  • created sense approved 平地起风波/平地起風波 · píng​dì​qǐ​fēng​bō · trouble from nowhere — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    平地起风波 / 平地起風波

    píng​dì​qǐ​fēng​bō

    trouble from nowhere

    An unexpected incident or unforeseen trouble occurring in a situation that was previously calm and stable.

    平地 (literal) → 平地 · píng​dì · level ground 起 (literal) → 起 · qǐ · to happen 风波 (literal) → 风波/風波 · fēng​bō · dispute

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense