潮水 cháoshuǐ tide
How to remember 潮水: 潮 tide + 水 water = tide.
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How it is used
- The tide, tidal water - 潮水涨了 (cháoshuǐ zhǎng le) the tide has come in.
- Often figurative for something surging in and out in waves: 像潮水般涌来 (xiàng cháoshuǐ bān yǒnglái) to flood in like a tide.
- Related: 涨潮 (zhǎngcháo, rising tide) / 退潮 (tuìcháo, ebb).