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HSK
to waste / to squander
HSK 3
wave
HSK 6
romantic
HSK 5
sea wave
HSK 6
Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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wave / breaker / unrestrained / dissipated / to stroll / to ramble
HSK 7-9
the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
to drift about / to wander / to roam / nomadic / homeless / unsettled (e.g. population) / vagrant
HSK 7-9
romanticism
billow / surge
(electrical) surge
rover / vagabond / vagrant / wanderer
to surf / surfing
HSK 7-9
to incite trouble / to stir up havoc
lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason / no smoke without fire
lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment / all is quiet / a dead calm (at sea)
a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
to have an undeserved reputation (idiom)
wave / tides
tilde ( ~ )
stray dog
to raise a storm / to stir up trouble / to instigate
Plurk (Taiwanese social networking and microblogging service)
street urchin / waif
Sina Weibo, Chinese microblogging platform
Mountain Dew
wind and waves; rough waters / (fig.) hardship
HSK 7-9
perilous situation
lit. to ride the wind and crest the waves / to be ambitious and unafraid (idiom)
vagrant / unemployed person / rōnin (wandering masterless samurai)
loafer; wastrel; prodigal son
to loiter / to hang around / dissolute / licentious
to roam far and wide (idiom) / to travel the world
heat wave
clamor
(idiom) frivolous
to roam about / to wander without a home
hasty / rash / impetuous
violent wave / fierce billow / fig. depraved force
wave
lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment / All is quiet. / a dead calm (at sea)
Zhuanglang, a county in Pingliang City 平涼市|平凉市, Gansu
extravagance and waste (idiom)
to abandon all restraint (idiom)
loose woman
to squander money / to spend extravagantly
to follow the trend
The Surging Waves Pavillion in Suzhou, Jiangsu
Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门
wave erosion
(Tw) windsurfing / sailboard
wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
where the wind and the waves are the fiercest / at the heart of the struggle
swell / billows / surging waves
surfboard / paddleboard
rattle drum; pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker)
stray cat
to set sail / to brave the waves
rice field rippling in the wind
Gulang, a county in Wuwei City 武威市, Gansu
Lelang commandery (108 BC-313 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
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
swelling or stormy seas
surfer
trough of a wave / (fig.) low point; lowest level
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation
swingboat
to roam far and wide / to drift with the wind
tsunami / same as 海嘯|海啸
ocean wave / billows
spray / ocean spray / spindrift / fig. happenings from one's life / CL:
wheat field rippling in the wind
kitesurfing
tramp / wanderer
lit. large waves in windless conditions (idiom) / fig. trouble arising unexpectedly
vast
unrestrained / dissolute / dissipated / unconventional / immoral / to debauch / to dissipate


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