突 然 tū rán sudden / abrupt / unexpected 急 剧 jí jù rapid / sudden 蓦 然 mò rán suddenly / sudden 急 遽 jí jù rapid / sudden 突 to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2] 暴 sudden / violent / cruel / to show or expose / to injure 骤 sudden / unexpected / abrupt / suddenly / Taiwan pr. [zou4] 撒 然 sā rán sudden 一 下 yī xià (used after a verb) give it a go / to do (sth for a bit to give it a try) / one time / once / in a while / all of a sudden / all at once 忽 然 hū rán suddenly / all of a sudden 一 下 子 yī xià zi in a short while / all at once / all of a sudden 突 发 tū fā to burst out suddenly / sudden outburst 暴 利 bào lì sudden huge profits 突 击 tū jī sudden and violent attack / assault / fig. rushed job / concentrated effort to finish a job quickly 突 变 tū biàn sudden change / mutation 突 发 事 件 tū fā shì jiàn emergency / sudden occurrence 灰 姑 娘 Huī gū niang Cinderella / a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity 突 兀 tū wù lofty or towering / sudden or abrupt 仓 促 cāng cù all of a sudden / hurriedly 急 转 弯 jí zhuǎn wān to make a sudden turn 心 血 来 潮 xīn xuè lái cháo to be prompted by a sudden impulse / carried away by a whim / to have a brainstorm 惊 雷 jīng léi sudden clap of thunder / fig. surprising turn of events 箭 步 jiàn bù sudden big stride forward 不 翼 而 飞 bù yì ér fēi to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire 猛 力 měng lì with all one's might / with sudden force / violently / to slam 一 落 千 丈 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive 合 着 hé zhe (dialect) (implying sudden realization) so / after all 三 长 两 短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death 灵 机 líng jī sudden inspiration / bright idea / clever trick 茅 塞 顿 开 máo sè dùn kāi murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom) / a sudden flash of insight and all is clear 闷 雷 mèn léi muffled thunder / (fig.) sudden shock / blow 回 马 枪 huí mǎ qiāng sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard) 怦 然 pēng rán with a sudden shock, bang etc 遽 然 jù rán (literary) all of a sudden 飞 来 横 祸 fēi lái hèng huò sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom) 马 失 前 蹄 mǎ shī qián tí lit. the horse loses its front hooves / fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness 暴 病 bào bìng sudden attack of a serious illness 股 thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (stock) share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions 暴 卒 bào zú die of sudden illness / die suddenly 喔 wo (particle) marker of surprise, sudden realization, reminder 霎 all of a sudden / drizzle 崛 地 而 起 jué dì ér qǐ lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom) / sudden emergence of prominent new feature 暴 洪 bào hóng a sudden, violent flood / flash flood 戄 to fear / to be in awe / sudden glance 儵 alternate form of 倏 / sudden / abrupt 一 闪 念 yī shǎn niàn sudden idea / flash of insight 嘎 然 gā rán (onom.) screech of a sudden stop / suddenly stop (of sounds) / crisply and clearly (of sounds) 奇 祸 qí huò unexpected calamity / sudden disaster 婴 儿 猝 死 综 合 症 yīng ér cù sǐ zōng hé zhèng sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) / crib death 幡 然 改 图 fān rán gǎi tú to change one's plan all of a sudden (idiom) 急 袭 jí xí sudden attack 恍 然 醒 悟 huǎng rán xǐng wù a sudden realization / to realize sth in a flash 相 向 突 击 xiāng xiàng tū jī sudden attack from the opposite direction (idiom) 突 击 检 查 tū jī jiǎn chá sudden unannounced investigation / on-the-spot inspection / to search without notification 兴 会 xìng huì sudden inspiration / flash of insight / brainwave 诈 尸 zhà shī sudden movement of a corpse (superstition) / fig. sudden torrent of abuse 那 倒 是 nà dào shi Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization) 闪 念 shǎn niàn sudden idea / flash of thought 骤 死 zhòu sǐ sudden death (play-off in sporting competition) 骤 死 式 zhòu sǐ shì sudden death style play-off (sporting competition) 突 发 紧 急 情 况 sudden emergency 婴 儿 猝 死 症 sudden infant death syndrome 突 发 自 然 灾 害 sudden natural disasters 突 发 电 离 层 骚 扰 sudden ionosphere disturbance 一 雨 成 秋 yī yǔ chéng qiū a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom) 暴 热 bào rè to trend / to get popular quickly / sudden heat wave (weather) 怒 气 攻 心 nù qì gōng xīn (TCM) sudden strong emotions attacking the heart, leading to faints etc / (fig.) to fly into a fit of anger
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