返潮
fǎn cháo
Pinyin

Definition

返潮
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fǎn cháo
  1. (of clothing, furniture, walls etc) to get damp (by absorbing moisture from the air or the ground)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

潮
cháo
  1. 1 tide
  2. 2 current
  3. 3 damp
  4. 4 moist
  5. 5 humid
潮流
cháo liú
  1. 1 tide
  2. 2 current
  3. 3 trend
返
fǎn
  1. 1 to return (to)
人潮
rén cháo
  1. 1 a tide of people
低潮
dī cháo
  1. 1 low tide
  2. 2 low ebb
来潮
lái cháo
  1. 1 (of water) to rise
  2. 2 rising tide
  3. 3 (of women) to get one's period
往返
wǎng fǎn
  1. 1 to go back and forth
  2. 2 to go to and fro
  3. 3 round trip
复返
fù fǎn
  1. 1 to come back
  2. 2 to return
新潮
xīn cháo
  1. 1 modern
  2. 2 fashionable
浪潮
làng cháo
  1. 1 wave
  2. 2 tides
潮州
Cháo zhōu
  1. 1 Chaozhou prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng]
  2. 2 Chaochou town in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Píng dōng Xiàn], Taiwan
潮水
cháo shuǐ
  1. 1 tide
潮汕
Cháo shàn
  1. 1 Chaoshan, conurbation in the east of Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guǎng dōng]
潮湿
cháo shī
  1. 1 damp
  2. 2 moist
狂潮
kuáng cháo
  1. 1 surging tide
  2. 2 (fig.) tide
  3. 3 craze
  4. 4 rage
  5. 5 spree
返利
fǎn lì
  1. 1 dealer incentive
  2. 2 sales bonus
  3. 3 rebate
返回
fǎn huí
  1. 1 to return to
  2. 2 to come (or go) back
返校
fǎn xiào
  1. 1 to return to school
返程
fǎn chéng
  1. 1 return journey (e.g. home)
返还
fǎn huán
  1. 1 restitution
  2. 2 return of something to its original owner
  3. 3 remittance

Idioms (6)

思潮起伏
sī cháo qǐ fú
  1. 1 thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom)
  2. 2 different thoughts coming to mind
无功而返
wú gōng ér fǎn
  1. 1 to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
积重难返
jī zhòng nán fǎn
  1. 1 ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard
返老还童
fǎn lǎo huán tóng
  1. 1 to recover one's youthful vigor
  2. 2 to feel rejuvenated (idiom)
迷不知返
mí bù zhī fǎn
  1. 1 to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path (idiom)
风起潮涌
fēng qǐ cháo yǒng
  1. 1 lit. wind rises, tide bubbles up
  2. 2 turbulent times
  3. 3 violent development (idiom)

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