无风不起浪

lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason / no smoke without fire

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group

not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]

wave / breaker / unrestrained / dissipated / to stroll / to ramble