层出不穷/層出不窮 céng chū bù qióng — more and more emerge

Meanings

1. 1

   more and more emerge

   more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)

   verb

Character breakdown

• 出

  chū (first tone, high and level)

  to go out, to come out; to produce, to issue, to put forth; to happen (of a problem); a measure word for plays and operas

  5 strokesRadical 凵
• 不

  bù (fourth tone, falling)

  not, no — the general negative, placed before verbs and adjectives

  4 strokesRadical 一

Words containing 出

• 出chū (first tone, high and level)to go out, to come out
• 出来/出來chū (first tone, high and level) lái (second tone, rising)to come out
• 出现/出現chūxiàn (first tone, high and level)to appear, to come into view, to arise
• 出去chū (first tone, high and level) qù (fourth tone, falling)to go out
• 提出tí (second tone, rising) chū (first tone, high and level)to raise (an issue)
• 出发/出發chūfā (first tone, high and level)to set off, to depart (on a journey)
• 演出yǎn (third tone, dipping) chū (first tone, high and level)to act (in a play)
• 出口chū (first tone, high and level) kǒu (third tone, dipping)an exit
• 发出/發出fā (first tone, high and level) chū (first tone, high and level)to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch
• 付出fù (fourth tone, falling) chū (first tone, high and level)to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
• 出生chū (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)to be born
• 出席chūxí (first tone, high and level)to attend, to be present at (formal)
• 指出zhǐ (third tone, dipping) chū (first tone, high and level)to indicate
• 退出tuì (fourth tone, falling) chū (first tone, high and level)to withdraw
• 出色chūsè (first tone, high and level)outstanding, remarkable
• 出示chūshì (first tone, high and level)to show, to produce (for inspection)
• 出版chū (first tone, high and level) bǎn (third tone, dipping)to publish
• 出门/出門chū (first tone, high and level) mén (second tone, rising)to go out

Words containing 不

• 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
• 不要bù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling)don't!
• 不错/不錯bù (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)correct
• 不同bù (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)different
• 不断/不斷búduàn (second tone, rising)continuously, unceasingly
• 不过/不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
• 不如bùrú (fourth tone, falling)to be not as good as; had better
• 不再bù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling)no more
• 不用bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling)need not
• 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
• 不但búdàn (second tone, rising)not only … (but also)
• 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
• 不然bùrán (fourth tone, falling)otherwise, or else
• 不管bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)no matter (what/how…), regardless of
• 不足bùzú (fourth tone, falling)insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming
• 不够/不夠bù (fourth tone, falling) gòu (fourth tone, falling)not enough
• 不行bù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)won't do
• 不仅/不僅bù (fourth tone, falling) jǐn (third tone, dipping)not only (this one)