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arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous · to spring up unbidden (of emotion)

油然而生
yóu rán ér shēng
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
(idiom) cannot refrain from; cannot help; cannot but情不自禁qíng bù zì jīn(idiom) natural; unforced · (idiom) naturally; as a matter of course; in the natural course of things自然而然zì rán ér ránto appear · to arise · to emerge · to show up出现chū xiàn
Antonyms
to set to one side and ignore (idiom); quite indifferent · cold and uncaring漠然置之mò rán zhì zhīwith a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)戛然而止jiá rán ér zhǐ
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