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油然而生

yóu rán ér shēng

4-character word

What 油然而生 means

1. arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous
2. to spring up unbidden (of emotion)

The characters in 油然而生

• 油yóuoil; fat; grease
• 然ráncorrect; right; so
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

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