無風不起浪
wú​fēng​bù​qǐ​làng

no smoke without fire

  • created sense approved 无风不起浪/無風不起浪 · wú​fēng​bù​qǐ​làng · no smoke without fire — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无风不起浪 / 無風不起浪

    wú​fēng​bù​qǐ​làng

    no smoke without fire

    literally meaning "there are no waves without wind," this idiom is used to suggest that every rumor or event has an underlying cause or reason

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · wind 不起 (literal) → 不起 · bù​qǐ · to not rise 浪 (literal) → 浪 · làng · wave

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

    created sense