雨后春笋 in English yu3 hou4 chun1 sun3 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) after rain, the spring bamboo (idiomatic expression); metaphorically rapid new growth
  • many new things emerge in rapid succession

Simplified Characters

雨 后 春 笋

Traditional Characters

雨 後 春 筍

Pinyin

yu3 hou4 chun1 sun3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

雨yu3rain 后hou4surname Hou 春chun1old variant of 春[chun1] 笋sun3bamboo shoot