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招手 zhāo shǒu to wave / to beckon
冲击 chōng to attack / to batter / (of waves) to pound against / shock / impact
波动 dòng to undulate / to fluctuate / wave motion / rise and fall
huī to wave / to brandish / to command / to conduct / to scatter / to disperse
掀起 xiān 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)
làng wave / breaker / unrestrained / dissipated / to stroll / to ramble
前赴后继 qián hòu to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
lūn to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money)
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 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)
摆手 bǎi shǒu to wave one's hand / to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc) / to swing one's arms
推波助澜 tuī zhù lán to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum / to encourage sth to get bigger / to add fuel to the fire
奔腾 bēn téng (of waves) to surge forward / to roll on in waves / to gallop
定型 dìng xíng to finalize (a design etc) / stereotype / permanent wave or perm (hairdressing)
舞动 dòng to move as in a dance / to wave (some implement) / to flourish / (of eyes, hands etc) to dance / to flutter
蠕动 dòng to wiggle / to squirm / peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall)
破浪 làng to set sail / to brave the waves
随波逐流 suí zhú liú to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
挥舞 huī to brandish / to wave sth
飘荡 piāo dàng to drift / to wave / to float on the waves / to flutter in the wind
长风破浪 cháng fēng làng lit. to ride the wind and crest the waves / to be ambitious and unafraid (idiom)
挥手 huī shǒu to wave (one's hand)
摇手 yáo shǒu to wave the hand (to say goodbye, or in a negative gesture) / crank handle
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
前仆后继 qián hòu one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave


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