油然而生
yóurán-érshēng
to arise spontaneously (of a feeling)
Every meaning
yóurán-érshēng
- to arise spontaneously (of a feeling)
Its characters
- 油yóuoil; fat; grease
- 然ránright; correct
- 而érand; and yet; but
- 生shēngto give birth to; to bear
Words with 油
Words with 然
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.