雨後春筍

Chinese

		rain	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	bamboo shoot
trad. (雨後春筍)		雨	後	春	筍
simp. (雨后春笋)		雨	后	春	笋
Literally: “spring bamboo after the rain”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔhòuchūnsǔn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄙㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ hau⁶ ceon¹ seon²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ú-hō͘-chhun-sún / ú-āu-chhun-sún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔhòuchūnsǔn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄙㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔhòuchunsǔn
    • Wade–Giles: yü³-hou⁴-chʻun¹-sun³
    • Yale: yǔ-hòu-chwūn-swǔn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuhowchuensoen
    • Palladius: юйхоучуньсунь (jujxoučunʹsunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ su̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ hau⁶ ceon¹ seon²
    • Yale: yúh hauh chēun séun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ hau⁶ tsoen¹ soen²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ heo⁶ cên¹ sên²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ hɐu̯²² t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ sɵn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú-hō͘-chhun-sún
    • Tâi-lô: ú-hōo-tshun-sún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: w'hoxzhunsuon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² sun⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú-āu-chhun-sún
    • Tâi-lô: ú-āu-tshun-sún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: wauxzhunsuon
    • IPA (Taipei): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ au³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ sun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ au³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ sun⁴¹/

Idiom

雨後春筍

1. (figurative) many things coming into being in rapid succession (after a certain timepoint)