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


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