狂潮

kuángcháo

noun #30,946

Measure Word

一股狂潮 gǔ

Meanings

1 raging tide
2 (figurative) craze; frenzy; surge
3 wave (of social phenomenon)

Characters

wild; mad; furious

Examples

HSK 6

狂潮拍打着海岸。

Kuángcháo pāidǎ zhe hǎi'àn.

Raging tides are pounding the coast.

HSK 7-9

一股购物狂潮席卷全国。

Yī gǔ gòuwù kuángcháo xíjuǎn quánguó.

A shopping frenzy is sweeping the country.

Tips

usage

狂潮 mixes the literal 'raging tide' with figurative 'craze' or 'wave'. Common collocations: 购物狂潮 (shopping frenzy), 离婚狂潮 (divorce wave), 移民狂潮 (immigration surge). For the literal sea-tide sense use 海潮 (hǎicháo) or 浪潮 (làngcháo) instead.

Stroke Order

狂 kuáng

潮 cháo