退潮 (tuì cháo) — ebb tide; (figurative) decline, waning

Definition

Examples

• 下午三点左右，海水开始退潮。
  Xià wǔ sān diǎn zuǒ yòu, hǎi shuǐ kāi shǐ tuì cháo.
  Around three in the afternoon, the seawater began to ebb.
• 这种款式已经退潮了，现在流行的是另一种。
  Zhè zhǒng kuǎn shì yǐ jīng tuì cháo le, xiàn zài liú xíng de shì lìng yì zhǒng.
  This style has already declined; another style is popular now.
• 曾经的热潮如今已退潮，大家不再关注那件事。
  Céng jīng de rè cháo rú jīn yǐ tuì cháo, dà jiā bú zài guān zhù nà jiàn shì.
  The former craze has now waned, and people no longer pay attention to that matter.