Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises; a new problem arises before the old is solved

    yī
    一
    bō
    波
    wèi
    未
    píng
    平
    ，
    yī
    一
    bō
    波
    yòu
    又
    qǐ
    起
    一波未平，一波又起
    yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises; a new problem arises before the old is solved
    • many twists and turns to a story
    • one thing after another

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    波
    bō
    Poland / Polish / wave / ripple / storm / surge / abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bō lán]
    未
    wèi
    not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
    平
    píng
    flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / see also 平聲|平声[píng shēng] / surname Ping
    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    波
    bō
    Poland / Polish / wave / ripple / storm / surge / abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bō lán]
    又
    yòu
    also / both... and... / and yet / (once) again / (used for emphasis) anyway
    起
    qǐ
    to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group / (before place or time) starting from
    Data is based on CC-CEDICT. See the full data in action here MDBG Chinese-English dictionary.

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