Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
雨後春筍般地
English translation:
prolifically
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Germaine A Hoston
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雨後春筍般地
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This phrase appears in an academic article describing the activities of Taiwan's ITRI. The full sentence is:
由於ITRI之衍生企業活動熱烈地進行，也吸引ITRI工程師熱絡地進行創業活動，成立了許多以知識創新為營運導向的半導體設計公司，如雨後春筍般地相繼成立與蓬勃發展.
Is there a standard English equivalent for this phrase? Thank you in advance!
由於ITRI之衍生企業活動熱烈地進行，也吸引ITRI工程師熱絡地進行創業活動，成立了許多以知識創新為營運導向的半導體設計公司，如雨後春筍般地相繼成立與蓬勃發展.
Is there a standard English equivalent for this phrase? Thank you in advance!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | sprout up (like mushrooms) |
pkchan
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| 3 +1 | to spring up like mushrooms |
Bin Tiede (X)
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| 4 | emerge in large numbers |
Sharon Toh, MITI MCIL
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Proposed translations
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sprout up (like mushrooms)
sprout up - WordReference.com 英汉词典
主要翻译. sprout up, vi, literal (plant: begin to grow) 本义，植物, 发芽，生长vi
. sprout up, vi, figurative (appear) 比喻, 迅速出现，如雨后春笋般涌现vi ...
www.wordreference.com/enzh/sprout%20up - Cached - Similarsprout - WordReference.com 英汉词典
sprout up, vi, literal (plant: begin to grow) 本义，植物, 发芽，生长vi. sprout ...
www.wordreference.com/enzh/sprout - Cached - SimilarInteresting Chinese characters/words!
an (not so close) alternative for this is 雨后春笋(yu hou chun sun) . literally
broken up, it means the bamboo sprouts that come up after a ...
chinesemusicblog.com/forum/viewtopic.... - Cached - Similar書籍推薦: 道地美語- 英語與翻譯教學- udn部落格
2006年4月13日... 之事)、sprout up (雨後春筍)、wipe the floor with one's face (
欺負)等眾多詞例，只要讀者細細品味，就能體會出 黃 教授的「道地 ...
blog.udn.com/trjason/237032 - Cached - Similar
主要翻译. sprout up, vi, literal (plant: begin to grow) 本义，植物, 发芽，生长vi
. sprout up, vi, figurative (appear) 比喻, 迅速出现，如雨后春笋般涌现vi ...
www.wordreference.com/enzh/sprout%20up - Cached - Similarsprout - WordReference.com 英汉词典
sprout up, vi, literal (plant: begin to grow) 本义，植物, 发芽，生长vi. sprout ...
www.wordreference.com/enzh/sprout - Cached - SimilarInteresting Chinese characters/words!
an (not so close) alternative for this is 雨后春笋(yu hou chun sun) . literally
broken up, it means the bamboo sprouts that come up after a ...
chinesemusicblog.com/forum/viewtopic.... - Cached - Similar書籍推薦: 道地美語- 英語與翻譯教學- udn部落格
2006年4月13日... 之事)、sprout up (雨後春筍)、wipe the floor with one's face (
欺負)等眾多詞例，只要讀者細細品味，就能體會出 黃 教授的「道地 ...
blog.udn.com/trjason/237032 - Cached - Similar
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Sharon Toh, MITI MCIL
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emerge in large numbers
It is saying that those companies emerge in large numbers on the market.
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