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


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