[cháo]
[名]
(潮汐; 潮水) tide
spring [neap] tide
大 [小]潮
flood [ebb] tide
涨 [落]潮
the sound of songs rising and falling like waves
歌声如潮
The tide sets out at 2 p.m.
下午两点退潮。
(比喻大规模的社会变动或运动发展的起伏形势) (social) upsurge; current; tide
workers' strike
工潮
raging tide
怒潮
trend of thought
思潮
student strike; campus upheaval
学潮
[形]
(潮湿) damp; moist
The matches have got damp.
火柴受潮了。
In the rainy season things get damp easily.
雨季里东西容易返潮。
[方] (成色低劣) inferior
low content of gold [silver]
金[银]子成色潮
[方] (技术不高) inferior
inferior skill
手艺潮