No wind and no waves
The Chinese idiom, w ú f ē ngy á NGB ō in pinyin, means no wind and no waves. It's a metaphor for making trouble out of nothing. From reading.
The origin of Idioms
Reading by Li Zhi of the Ming Dynasty: "no disturbance, no trouble, a good name, poison flow throughout the world, envoy Guan Shu rumors, new mang excuse."
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute; used in dealing with affairs.
Discrimination of words
Synonyms: no wind makes waves, no wind makes waves
Stick round about nothing
Degree of common use: Average
Emotional color: derogatory words
Idiom structure: contraction
Time of birth: ancient times
Chinese PinYin : wú fēng yáng bō
No wind and no waves
moral cultivation and learning. dào dé wén zhāng
Different furnace of ice charcoal. bīng tàn bù tóng lú
A floating mother makes a living. piāo mǔ jìn fàn
a fish leaping over the dragon gate -- have passed a competitive examination. yú shēng lóng mén