無風不起浪 [无风－－－]

Jyutping mou4 fung1 bat1 hei2 long6
Pinyin wú fēng bù qǐ làng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason
  2. no smoke without fire
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    意​指事​出必​有​因
    there must be a reason; literally: without wind there cannot be waves
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. proverb, figuratively
    No smoke without fire.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    无风不起浪。
    無風不起浪。
    wú fēng bù qǐ làng 。
    • There is no smoke without fire.
    • There are no waves without wind.
    • There's no smoke without fire.
    • No smoke without fire.
    • Where there's smoke, there's fire.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    古语有云：「无风不起浪。」
    古語有云：「無風不起浪。」
    gu2 jyu5 jau5 wan4: mou4 fung1 bat1 hei2 long6.
    • As the old saying goes, "There is no tide without wind".