风潮 (fēng cháo) — (social) agitation, unrest, wave of movement; wind and tide; direction of wind and tide

Definition

Literally 'wind and tide', 风潮 is used figuratively for a powerful wave of social or cultural change — a trend, movement, or surge of public sentiment. The literal 'wind and tide' reading is rare and mostly literary.

noun
(social) agitationunrestwave of movementwind and tidedirection of wind and tide

Beispiele

  • 风潮
    Zhè chǎng shè huì fēng cháo yǐng xiǎng le quán guó.
    This social unrest affected the whole country.
  • 风潮
    Shí shàng fēng cháo biàn huà hěn kuài.
    Fashion trends change very quickly.
  • 风潮
    Lǎo yú mín tōng guò guān cè fēng cháo lái yù cè tiān qì.
    Old fishermen predict the weather by observing the wind and tide.

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