| 动态 | dòng tài | movement / motion / development / trend / dynamic (science) |
| 上升趋势 | shàng shēng qū shì | an upturn / an upward trend |
| 上坡路 | shàng pō lù | uphill road / slope up / fig. upward trend / progress |
| 逆流 | nì liú | against the stream / adverse current / a countercurrent / fig. reactionary tendency / to go against the trend |
| 大势 | dà shì | overall trend |
| 一脉相承 | yī mài xiāng chéng | traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc) |
| 倾向 | qīng xiàng | trend / tendency / orientation |
| 大势所趋 | dà shì suǒ qū | (idiom) the prevailing trend; the trend of the times; an inevitable direction |
| 转折 | zhuǎn zhé | shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation |
| 天下大势 | tiān xià dà shì | the overall state of affairs in the world (esp. in political or historical terms); the prevailing trend across the nation or empire |
| 发酵 | fā jiào | to ferment / (fig.) (of trends, emotions or repercussions etc) to bubble away; to simmer; to develop |
| 一叶知秋 | yī yè zhī qiū | lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind |
| 见微知著 | jiàn wēi zhī zhù | (idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces |
| 走向 | zǒu xiàng | direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for |
| 动向 | dòng xiàng | trend; tendency |
| 不良倾向 | bù liáng qīng xiàng | harmful trend |
| 上热搜 | shàng rè sōu | (Internet) (of a search query) to be trending |
| 成风 | chéng fēng | to become a common practice; to become a trend |
| 势 | shì | power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals |
| 劲吹 | jìng chuī | (of wind) to blow strongly / (fig.) (of trends, changes etc) to sweep through society |
| 风向 | fēng xiàng | wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events |
| 时势造英雄 | shí shì zào yīng xióng | Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero. |
| 风头 | fēng tóu | wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight |
| 上扬趋势 | shàng yáng qū shì | upward trend; tendency to increase |
| 潮流 | cháo liú | tide / current / trend |