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层出不穷

céng chū bù qióng

to keep appearing one after another

Character by character

层céng
layer on layer
出chū
emerge
不bù
not
穷qióng
exhausted

Example

新的问题层出不穷。
New problems keep cropping up.

Tone: neutral.

Usage and origin

For new things, problems or talent appearing wave after wave.

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