lit. large waves in windless conditions (idiom); fig. trouble arising unexpectedly
trad. 無風三尺浪
Also written 無風三尺浪【wú fēng sān chǐ làng】
Characters in this word
5无
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
风
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
wind, news, style, custom, manner, CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- Pinyin
- fēng
- Traditional
- 風
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2842 of 2500
三
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
surname San
- Pinyin
- Sān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 849 of 2500
尺
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]
- Pinyin
- chě
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 4316 of 2500
浪
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
wave, breaker, unrestrained, dissipated, to stroll, to ramble
- Pinyin
- làng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 13032 of 2500