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怒潮

Mandarin · pinyin nù cháo

(tidal) bore
raging tide

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怒: nù · anger, rage, passion; angry
潮: cháo · tide; moist, wet, damp; flow

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4–2 · nu4 chao2

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noun

raging tide
(figurative) surging tide of movement; groundswell of resistance
(oceanography) Alternative term for 湧潮／涌潮 (yǒngcháo, “tidal bore”).

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