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argument from silence (argument based on the absence of something)
noun

默證noun

默证 /mòzhèng/noun

bolt from the blue (something totally unexpected)
noun
[UK: bəʊlt frəm ðə bluː]
[US: boʊlt frəm ðə ˈbluː]

túrúqílái/noun

晴天霹雳 /qíngtiānpīlì/noun

晴天霹靂noun

突如其來noun

突如其来 /tūrúqíláinoun

come from (be derived from)
verb
[UK: kʌm frəm]
[US: ˈkəm frəm]

源自 /yuánzì/verb

come from (have as one's birthplace or nationality)
verb
[UK: kʌm frəm]
[US: ˈkəm frəm]

來自verb

来自 /láizì/verb

go from strength to strength (continue to get stronger)
verb

繼續變強verb

继续变强 /jìxù biàn qiáng/verb

home away from home (place in which one is comfortable)
noun

宾至如归 /bīnzhìrúguī/noun

賓至如歸noun

like taking candy from a baby (easy)
preposition

得来全不费功夫 /Dé lái quán bù fèi gōngfū/preposition

易如反掌 /Yìrúfǎnzhǎng/preposition

separate the wheat from the chaff (to select only that which is of value)
verb

分清良莠 /fēnqīng liángyǒu/verb

snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (suddenly lose a contest one seemed very likely to win, especially through mistakes or bad judgment)
verb

转胜为败verb

suffer from (have a disease or condition)
verb
[UK: ˈsʌ.fə(r) frəm ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]
[US: ˈsʌ.fər frəm ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]

患有 /huànyǒu/verb

take it from me (believe me)
verb

相信我 /xiāngxìn wǒ/verb

the apple does not fall far from the tree (a child is similar to its parents)
phrase

子肖其父 /zǐ xiāo qí fù/phrase

有其父必有其子 /yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ/phrase

虎父无犬子 /hǔfù wú quǎnzǐ/phrase

虎父無犬子phrase

the fish rots from the head (proverb)
phrase

鱼从头烂phrase

there's more where that came from (a greater number of similar things can be provided in the future)
phrase

还有更多的呢 /háiyǒu gèngduō de ne/phrase

還有更多的呢phrase

where are you from (in which country or region were you born or raised)
phrase

你从哪里来的? /nǐ cóng nǎlǐ lái de?/phrase

你從哪裡來的?phrase

你是哪裡人?phrase

你是哪里人? /nǐ shì nǎlǐ rén?/phrase

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