层出不穷 meaning and pronunciation

层出不穷
Simplified word
層出不窮
Traditional word

层出不穷 English definition

céng chū bù qióng

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

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Characters

  • (céng): layer; stratum; laminated; floor (of a building); storey; classifier for layers; repeated; sheaf (math.);
  • (chū): to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc;
  • (bù): (negative prefix); not; no;
  • (qióng): exhausted; poor;