# 突如其来 (tūrúqílái)

In Mandarin Chinese, 突如其来 (tūrúqílái) means “arising abruptly; sudden and unexpected”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: arising abruptly; sudden and unexpected
- Pinyin: tūrúqílái (tu1 ru2 qi2 lai2)
- Traditional: 突如其來
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 一场突如其来的大雨打断了演出。
  Yì chǎng tūrú-qílái de dàyǔ dǎduànle yǎnchū.
  A sudden heavy rain interrupted the outdoor concert.

## Characters

- 突 (tū): to dash; to move forward quickly
- [如](https://hanziro.com/word/ru-such-as/) (rú): such as; as if
- [其](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-its-his-her/) (qí): (pronoun) its, his, her, their; that
- [来](https://hanziro.com/word/lai-come/) (lái): to come

https://hanziro.com/word/tu-ru-qi-lai-arising-abruptly/

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