雨後春筍般地

English translation: prolifically

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Chinese term or phrase:	雨後春筍般地
English translation:	prolifically
Entered by:	Germaine A Hoston

13:27 Jan 19, 2011

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Social Sciences - Engineering (general)

Chinese term or phrase: 雨後春筍般地

This phrase appears in an academic article describing the activities of Taiwan's ITRI. The full sentence is:
由於ITRI之衍生企業活動熱烈地進行，也吸引ITRI工程師熱絡地進行創業活動，成立了許多以知識創新為營運導向的半導體設計公司，如雨後春筍般地相繼成立與蓬勃發展.

Is there a standard English equivalent for this phrase? Thank you in advance!

Germaine A Hoston KudoZ activity Questions: 595 (10 open) (14 without valid answers) (24 closed without grading) Answers: 130
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sprout up (like mushrooms)

Explanation:
sprout up - WordReference.com 英汉词典
主要翻译. sprout up, vi, literal (plant: begin to grow) 本义，植物, 发芽，生长vi
. sprout up, vi, figurative (appear) 比喻, 迅速出现，如雨后春笋般涌现vi ...

www.wordreference.com/enzh/sprout%20up - Cached - Similarsprout - WordReference.com 英汉词典
sprout up, vi, literal (plant: begin to grow) 本义，植物, 发芽，生长vi. sprout ...

www.wordreference.com/enzh/sprout - Cached - SimilarInteresting Chinese characters/words!
an (not so close) alternative for this is 雨后春笋(yu hou chun sun) . literally
broken up, it means the bamboo sprouts that come up after a ...

chinesemusicblog.com/forum/viewtopic.... - Cached - Similar書籍推薦: 道地美語- 英語與翻譯教學- udn部落格
2006年4月13日... 之事)、sprout up (雨後春筍)、wipe the floor with one's face (
欺負)等眾多詞例，只要讀者細細品味，就能體會出黃教授的「道地 ...

blog.udn.com/trjason/237032 - Cached - Similar

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sprout up (like mushrooms)

pkchan

3 +1

to spring up like mushrooms

Bin Tiede (X)

emerge in large numbers

Sharon Toh, MITI MCIL

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peer agreement (net): +1

to spring up like mushrooms

Explanation:
standard translation

Bin Tiede (X)
Germany
Local time: 13:20
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Native speaker of: Chinese
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48 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

sprout up (like mushrooms)

pkchan
United States
Local time: 07:20
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Chinese
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Thanks--this is close.

4 hrs confidence:

emerge in large numbers

Explanation:
It is saying that those companies emerge in large numbers on the market.

Sharon Toh, MITI MCIL
Singapore
Local time: 19:20
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English,

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4

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