Vocabulary: 春潮
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- elderly; old age; autumn of one's years
- thereupon; subsequently; accordingly
- to arrive; most; to; until
- often; constantly
- to grow; to increase
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- slowly; gradually
- corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically); to rot; corruption
- to die; death
- to be frightened; fear; dread
- to drop into; to fall into
- if
- life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- end; conclusion; to come to an end; to terminate (sth)
- 幸 xìng: 幸 xing4: trusted; intimate; (of the emperor) to visit幸 xìng: 幸 xing4: fortunate; lucky幸 Xìng: 幸 Xing4: surname Xing
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- otherwise; if not; or (else)
- approaching death; on one's deathbed
- before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- slight illness; indisposition; ailment
- disaster; catastrophe
- et cetera; and so on ...; wait a minute!; hold on!
- 会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- 铁 Tiě: 铁 Tie3: surname Tie铁 tiě: 铁 tie3: iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)
- (of metal) to rust; to become rusty; (fig.) (of a skill etc) to get rusty; to deteriorate
- same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- ocean
- 诗 shī: 诗 shi1: poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse诗 Shī: 诗 Shi1: abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs
- people
- to describe; description
- that kind; that sort
- really isn't
- 全 Quán: 全 Quan2: surname Quan全 quán: 全 quan2: all; whole; entire; every; complete
- perilous situation
- 错 cùo: 错 cuo4: mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver错 Cùo: 错 Cuo4: surname Cuo
- to imagine; to envision; imagination
- 中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; all is quiet; a dead calm (at sea)
- until
- seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean