平白无故 — Chinese idiom
平白无故
píng bái wú gù
Traditional: 平白無故
Meaning
- for no reason whatever; inexplicably
Character by character
- 平píngflat, level, even; peaceful
- 白báiwhite; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 故gùreason, cause; happening, instance
Idioms sharing a character
- 一马平川 yī mǎ píng chuān
- 凹凸不平 āo tū bù píng
- 四平八稳 sì píng bā wěn
- 四海升平 sì hǎi shēng píng
- 坎坷不平 kǎn kě bù píng
- 天下太平 tiān xià tài píng
- 太平盛世 tài píng shèng shì
- 平地起家 píng dì qǐ jiā
- 平安无事 píng ān wú shì
- 平平无奇 píng píng wú qí
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