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HSK
microwave oven / CL: 臺|台
HSK 6
wave
HSK 6
to undulate / to fluctuate / wave motion / rise and fall
HSK 6
disturbance / crisis / disputes / restlessness / CL: 場|场
HSK 7-9
to spread to / to involve / to affect
HSK 7-9
to rush about / to be constantly on the move
HSK 7-9
great waves / billows
HSK 7-9
twists and turns
HSK 7-9
billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)
HSK 7-9
Apollo (loanword)
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  *波* | 波* | *波
(bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰) / surname Bo
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  *波* | 波* | *波
wave / ripple / storm / surge
surging forward with great momentum / unfolding on a magnificent scale
Baltic Sea
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Harry Potter, boy wizard in the novels by J.K. Rowling 羅琳|罗琳
Potter or Porter (surname)
(loanword) baud (computing) / porter (beer)
Libo county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州, Guizhou
Bogota, capital of Colombia
electric wave / alternating current
Boston, capital of Massachusetts
amplitude
Polo (car made by Volkswagen) / surname Polo
Susan Boyle (1961-), competitor in UK reality TV competition
wave / (water) ripple
ripple / microwave
wavelength
Indianapolis, Indiana
signal filter
ultrasound / ultrasonic wave
spectrum
Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)
(idiom) calm and collected; unaffected by external influences
mist covered water
ripple / corrugation
(slang) (loanword) big boobs / big-breasted / (coll.) tapioca balls, in 波霸奶茶
(Tw) Botswana
jackfruit / breadfruit / Artocarpus heterophyllus
to detect (e.g. radio waves)
Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific)
hypo (loanword) / sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3 used in fixing photos (formerly hyposulfite) / wave (sea)
burpee (loanword)
seismic wave
Persia
Bordeaux
brain wave / EEG
Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
oscillograph / oscilloscope
wavelet (math.)
millimeter wave (radio signal)
Poland
sound wave
Persian Gulf
aftermath / repercussions / fallout
mambo (dance) (loanword)
to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990
shock wave / blast wave
electromagnetic wave
French Polynesia
huge waves / (fig.) ruckus / controversy / sensation
Persian (cat)
one climax follows another (of thrilling story)
carrier wave
Annapolis (place name)
Bologna, city in Northern Italy
transverse wave
wave-shaped
Boeing (aerospace company)
mordent (music)
polka (dance) (loanword)
Polanski (name)
Polynesia
Port wine
to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
seismic wave
Potsdam conference, July-August 1945, between Truman, Stalin and British prime ministers Churchill and Attlee
longitudinal wave
Bonaparte (name) / Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
Po River, longest river in Italy
to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum / to encourage sth to get bigger / to add fuel to the fire
infrasonic wave
Tupolev, Russian plane maker
gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight
shortwave (radio)
Kaposi's sarcoma
Bourbon
lit. waves on a sea of vinegar / trouble caused by a jealous woman (idiom)
burqa (loanword)
heave / surge
shock wave
waveguide (electronics)
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Paramaribo, capital of Suriname (Tw)
sound wave

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