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八月十八潮

bāyuèshíbācháo
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 the great tidal bore of the eighth month, eighteenth day
  2. 2 the famous Qiantang River tidal bore
  3. 3 (lit.) the tide of the eighteenth of the eighth month

Examples

每年八月十八潮，钱塘江两岸都挤满了观潮的人。
Měi nián bā yuè shíbā cháo, Qiántáng Jiāng liǎng àn dōu jǐ mǎn le guāncháo de rén.
Every year for the eighteenth-day tide, both banks of the Qiantang River are packed with spectators.
苏轼笔下的八月十八潮，气势可谓壮观天下无。
Sū Shì bǐxià de bā yuè shíbā cháo, qìshì kěwèi zhuàngguān tiānxià wú.
The eighteenth-day tide Su Shi described had a grandeur matched nowhere else.

Tips

history
From Su Shi's (苏轼) Song-dynasty poem 《八月十五日看潮五绝》 (Watching the Tide on the Fifteenth of the Eighth Month). Line: 『八月十八潮，壮观天下无』— 'the eighteenth-day tide of the eighth month, a spectacle unmatched on earth.' It refers to the Qiantang River (钱塘江) tidal bore near Hangzhou, which peaks around the 18th day of the 8th lunar month, still drawing huge crowds today.
culture
The Qiantang bore (钱塘潮) is the largest tidal bore in the world, with waves up to 9 meters. The 18th day of the 8th lunar month — just after Mid-Autumn Festival — is traditionally when the bore peaks, giving this phrase a fixed meaning for Chinese readers.

Stroke Order

八 bā
月 yuè
十 shí
潮 cháo