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


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