"Waves" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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涵淡 hán dàn waves
奔腾 bēn téng (of waves) to surge forward / to roll on in waves / to gallop
波澜 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)
飘荡 piāo dàng to drift / to wave / to float on the waves / to flutter in the wind
翻腾 fān téng (of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn / to surge / to seethe / to somersault / to tumble / to flip / to rummage / to turn things over repeatedly
此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú up here, down there (idiom) / to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
波涛 bō tāo great waves / billows
风浪 fēng làng wind and waves / rough waters / (fig.) hardship
随波逐流 suí bō zhú liú to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom) / to follow the crowd blindly
滔天 tāo tiān (of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering / overwhelming / immense
风平浪静 fēng píng làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / all is quiet / a dead calm (at sea)
轩然大波 xuān rán dà bō huge waves / (fig.) ruckus / controversy / sensation
波涛汹涌 bō tāo xiōng yǒng waves surging forth / roaring sea
波光 bō guāng gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight
惊涛 jīng tāo raging waves / stormy waves
破浪 pò làng to set sail / to brave the waves
长江后浪推前浪 Cháng Jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving
随波 suí bō to drift with the waves
麦克斯韦 Mài kè sī wéi Maxwell (name) / James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves
长风破浪 cháng fēng pò làng lit. to ride the wind and crest the waves / to be ambitious and unafraid (idiom)
沧浪亭 Cāng Làng tíng The Surging Waves Pavillion in Suzhou, Jiangsu
风口浪尖 fēng kǒu làng jiān where the wind and the waves are the fiercest / at the heart of the struggle
无风不起浪 wú fēng bù qǐ làng lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom) / there must be a reason / no smoke without fire
无风三尺浪 wú fēng sān chǐ làng lit. large waves in windless conditions (idiom) / fig. trouble arising unexpectedly
湱 huò dashing of waves
漰 pēng noise of dashing waves
澐 yún river waves
淜 péng roar of dashing waves
汀线 tīng xiàn lines formed by waves on a beach
波涛粼粼 bō tāo lín lín crystalline waves (idiom)
涌浪 yǒng làng swell / billows / surging waves
冲打 chōng dǎ (of waves, rain etc) to dash against / to batter
醋海生波 cù hǎi shēng bō lit. waves on a sea of vinegar / trouble caused by a jealous woman (idiom)
随波逊流 suí bō xùn liú to drift with the waves and yield to the flow (idiom) / to follow the crowd blindly
风恬浪静 fēng tián làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / All is quiet. / a dead calm (at sea)
离子回旋谐波  ion-cyclotron-harmonic waves
电子回旋谐波  electron-cyclotron-harmonic waves
大气波 dài qì bō atmospheric waves
波浪逐渐平息  decay of waves
离子回旋波  ion-cyclotron waves
风生水起 fēng shēng shuǐ qǐ lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom) / fig. flourishing / thriving / prosperous
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