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冲击 chōng jī to attack / to batter / (of waves) to pound against / shock / impact
招手 zhāo shǒu to wave / to beckon
涌动 yǒng dòng (of water, people, thoughts etc) to surge; to well up and flow; to move in waves
波动 bō dòng to undulate / to fluctuate / wave motion / rise and fall
掀起 xiān qǐ to lift; to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
浪 làng wave / breaker / unrestrained / dissipated / to stroll / to ramble
指手画脚 zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
丰沛 fēng pèi copious / plentiful (of water) / surging (of waves) / refers to home village of first Han emperor 漢高祖|汉高祖[Han4 Gao1 zu3] / fig. majestic
挥舞 huī wǔ to brandish / to wave sth
前赴后继 qián fù hòu jì to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
随波逐流 suí bō zhú liú to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
长江后浪推前浪 Cháng Jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving
挥 huī to wave / to brandish / to command / to conduct / to scatter / to disperse
一波未平,一波又起 yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
挥动 huī dòng to wave sth / to brandish
飘荡 piāo dàng to drift / to wave / to float on the waves / to flutter in the wind
抡 lūn to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money)
飘扬 piāo yáng to wave / to flutter / to fly
掉书袋 diào shū dài lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom) / fig. to show off one's erudition / a person who does so
坍缩 tān suō (astronomy) (of a star) to collapse / (physics) (of a wave function) to collapse
拍岸 pāi àn to beat against the shore (of waves)
挥别 huī bié to wave goodbye / (fig.) to say goodbye to / to bid farewell to
前仆后继 qián pū hòu jì one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave
舞动 wǔ dòng to move as in a dance / to wave (some implement) / to flourish / (of eyes, hands etc) to dance / to flutter


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