Tā sānshí suì cái kāishǐ xiě xiǎoshuō, shéizhī yìfā bùkě-shōushí, shí nián xiě le bā běn.
She only started writing novels at thirty, and then, who knew, she could not stop: eight books in ten years.
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Used both for trouble that spirals, such as a quarrel, a fire or a market panic, and for a passion or creative streak that takes off. 一发 "once set off" is the trigger and 不可收拾 "beyond control" is the result.
