澎湃 péngpài surging
(of the sea etc) surging; tempestuous; (figuratively) highly emotional; fervent
How to remember 澎湃: 澎 to splatter + 湃 turbulent = surging.
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How it is used
- Of waves: surging and crashing - 波涛澎湃 (bōtāo péngpài) the billows surge; more often figurative for intense emotion: 心潮澎湃 (xīncháo péngpài) one's heart surges with feeling.
- Literary/emotive register, common in speeches and lyrical writing.
- Pairs habitually with 心潮 (surging heart) and 激情 (jīqíng, passion).