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無風不起浪 (mou4 fung1 bat1 hei2 long6) — there are no waves without wind in Cantonese

mouˎ₄無fungˉ¹風batˉ¹不heiˊ²起longˍ₆浪
简 无风不起浪
Mandarin Pinyin: wu2 feng1 bu4 qi3 lang4

Meaning of 無風不起浪

nounthere are no waves without wind
nounno smoke without fire; everything has its seed

Characters in 無風不起浪

無mou4
no matter what (or how); not yet
風fung1
certain disease supposedly caused by wind
不bat1
not; no; un-
起hei2
case; instance
浪long6
dissolute; unrestrained; rash

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