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

一股购物狂潮席卷全国。

Yī gǔ gòuwù kuángcháo xíjuǎn quánguó.

A shopping frenzy is sweeping the country.

狂潮拍打着海岸。

Kuángcháo pāidǎ zhe hǎi'àn.

Raging tides are pounding the coast.

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