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tide / current / trend
HSK 4
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  *潮* | 潮* | *潮
tide / damp; moist; humid / fashionable; trendy / (coll.) inferior; substandard
HSK 4
trend; tendency
HSK 4
movement / motion / development / trend / dynamic (science)
HSK 5
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
trend / tendency / orientation
HSK 6
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
to ferment / (fig.) (of trends, emotions or repercussions etc) to bubble away; to simmer; to develop
HSK 7-9
trend; tendency
HSK 7-9
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation
HSK 7-9
wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events
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  *势* | 势* | *势
power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals
wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight
foundation groove / trench for building foundation
rising trend / upward momentum (e.g. in prices)
harmful trend
direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for
(idiom) the prevailing trend; the trend of the times; an inevitable direction
tendency / trend / path
marine trench
popular comment; trending comment
new trend / new custom
air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad
(literary) to pander to popular tastes; to conform opportunistically to prevailing trends
to go with the tide / to blindly follow the crowd / to follow the trend
evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气, vital energy)
groove / furrow / trench
against the stream / adverse current / a countercurrent / fig. reactionary tendency / to go against the trend
to go against the trend
overall trend
to have become common practice (idiom) / to become a general trend
direction; trend / to incline
to trend / to get popular quickly / sudden heat wave (weather)
lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind
traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
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  *濠* | 濠* | *濠
trench
current situation / circumstances / current trend
(idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
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  *壕* | 壕* | *壕
moat / (military) trench
trench / moat
to become a common practice; to become a trend
noxious winds, evil influences (idiom); malignant social trends
Western style / foreign flavor / trendy / fashionable
trench / entrenchment
turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends
(of wind) to blow strongly / (fig.) (of trends, changes etc) to sweep through society
penetrated / trenchant / incisive
unhealthy trend / noxious influence
joyous / hearty / spirited / (of commentary) trenchant / incisive
(literary) to follow current trends; to conform to the fashion of the times
trench; entrenchment
upward trend (in prices)
Mariana Trench
Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.
the overall state of affairs in the world (esp. in political or historical terms); the prevailing trend across the nation or empire
(Internet) (of a search query) to be trending
uphill road / slope up / fig. upward trend / progress
an upturn / an upward trend
trench, rift valley
trendy; eye-catching; flashy
trendsetter
(idiom) (usu. of behaviors, systems or trends etc) to cause people tremendous harm
Trenton, capital of New Jersey
trench
to follow the trend
upward trend; tendency to increase
trench warfare
(of fire) to continue burning; to spread / (fig.) (of a disease, controversy, issue or trend) to spread; to intensify; to gain traction
trench fever
marine trench


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