层出不穷 (céng chū bù qióng)

Character breakdown

• 层 (céng) · 7 strokes

  Simplified form of 層. Phonosemantic compound. 户 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound.

• 出 (chū) · 5 strokes

  Pictograph of a foot (止) exiting a cave (凵).

• 不 (bù) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The modern meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

• 穷 (qióng) · 7 strokes

  Simplified form of 窮. Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 躬 represents the sound.

Usage

网络新词层出不穷。

more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)

wǎng luò xīn cí céng chū bù qióng 。