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- (of clothing, furniture, walls etc) to get damp (by absorbing moisture from the air or the ground)
- see 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4]
- see 潮州鎮|潮州镇[Chao2 zhou1 Zhen4]
- Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3 nan2 yu3] spoken in east Guangdong
- Chaoshan, region in the east of Guangdong, encompassing the cities of Chaozhou 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4] and Shantou 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], with its own distinct language (Chaoshan Min 潮汕話|潮汕话[Chao2 shan4 hua4]) and culture
Trad. 潮蟲
- woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda)
- a.k.a. roly-poly, pill bug, sow bug etc
Trad. 潮語
- fashionable word or phrase
- abbr. for 潮流用語|潮流用语[chao2 liu2 yong4 yu3]
- high tide; high water
- upsurge; peak of activity
- climax (of a story, a competition etc)
- to have an orgasm
- tide of thought
- way of thinking characteristic of a historical period
- Zeitgeist
Trad. 潮南區
- Chaonan, a district of Shantou City 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong
Trad. 潮安區
- Chao'an, a district of Chaozhou City 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong
- Chaozhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]
Trad. 潮州鎮
- Chaozhou, township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
Trad. 潮汕話
- Chaoshan or Teo-Swa, a Southern Min language spoken by the Teochew people of the Chaoshan region 潮汕[Chao2 shan4]
Trad. 潮陽區
- Chaoyang, a district of Shantou City 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong
- lit. low tide
- fig. the lowest point (e.g. of a relationship)
- Li Yuanchao (1950-), vice president of PRC from 2013-2018
Trad. 錢塘潮
- tidal bore of the Qiantang River 錢塘江|钱塘江[Qian2 tang2 Jiang1] in Zhejiang
Trad. 風起潮湧
- lit. wind rises, tide bubbles up
- turbulent times
- violent development (idiom)
- each new high point replaced by another
- (of a movie etc) one climax after another
- thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom)
- different thoughts coming to mind
Trad. 心血來潮
- to be prompted by a sudden impulse
- carried away by a whim
- to have a brainstorm