轨道衰变 軌道衰變 orbit decay / orbital decay 奔腾 奔騰 bēn téng (of waves) to surge forward / to roll on in waves / to gallop syn 惊涛 驚濤 jīng tāo raging waves / stormy waves syn 蜕变 蛻變 tuì biàn to transform / to morph / to degenerate / metamorphosis / transmutation / transformation / decay / degeneration syn 凋零 diāo líng withered / wilted / to wither / to fade / to decay syn 衰败 衰敗 shuāi bài to decline / to wane / to decay / to deteriorate syn 陨落 隕落 yǔn luò to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die 腐化 fǔ huà to rot / to decay / to become corrupt syn 茯苓 fú líng Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus) / fu ling / tuckahoe 兴亡 興亡 xīng wáng to flourish and decay / rise and fall syn 蛀牙 zhù yá tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth 龋齿 齲齒 qǔ chǐ tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth syn 颓败 頹敗 tuí bài to decay / to decline / to become corrupt syn 衰变 衰變 shuāi biàn radioactive decay 防龋 防齲 fáng qǔ to prevent tooth decay / anti-caries 虫牙 蟲牙 chóng yá tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth syn 腐 fǔ decay / rotten syn 衰 shuāi (bound form) to decay / to decline / to wane syn 腓 féi calf of leg / decay / protect syn 乙种射线 乙種射線 yǐ zhǒng shè xiàn beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay) 户枢不蠹 戶樞不蠹 hù shū bù dù lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten / constant activity prevents decay (idiom) syn 放射性衰变 放射性衰變 fàng shè xìng shuāi biàn radioactive decay 衰变链 衰變鏈 shuāi biàn liàn decay chain 衰变曲线 衰變曲線 shuāi biàn qū xiàn decay curves 衰变热 衰變熱 shuāi biàn rè decay heat 朽蠹 xiǔ dù to decay and be eaten by worms etc / to overhoard grain so that it rots 流水不腐，户枢不蠹 流水不腐，戶樞不蠹 liú shuǐ bù fǔ , hù shū bù dù lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) / fig. constant activity prevents decay 齿蠹 齒蠹 chǐ dù tooth decay 齿龋 齒齲 chǐ qǔ tooth decay / caries Α衰变 Α衰變 alpha decay Β衰变 beta decay 森林退化 sēn lín tuì huà forest decay 森林逐渐失去活力 forest decay 宇宙线反照中子衰变 宇宙線反照中子衰變 cosmic ray albedo neutron decay 有机物质的分解 有機物質的分解 decay of organic matter 自由感应衰减 自由感應衰減 free induction decay 冲击 衝擊 chōng jī to attack / to batter / (of waves) to pound against / shock / impact syn 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) syn 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 飘荡 飄盪 piāo dàng to drift / to wave / to float on the waves / to flutter in the wind syn 翻腾 翻騰 fān téng (of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn / to surge / to seethe / to somersault / to tumble / to flip / to rummage / to turn things over repeatedly syn 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) syn 波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves / billows syn 风浪 風浪 fēng làng wind and waves / rough waters / (fig.) hardship syn 随波逐流 隨波逐流 suí bō zhú liú to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom) / to follow the crowd blindly syn 滔天 tāo tiān (of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering / overwhelming / immense syn 风平浪静 風平浪靜 fēng píng làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / all is quiet / a dead calm (at sea) syn 相位 xiàng wèi phase (waves) 轩然大波 軒然大波 xuān rán dà bō huge waves / (fig.) ruckus / controversy / sensation syn 波涛汹涌 波濤洶涌 bō tāo xiōng yǒng waves surging forth / roaring sea syn 波光 bō guāng gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight 以太 yǐ tài (loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves) 破浪 pò làng to set sail / to brave the waves 长江后浪推前浪 長江後浪推前浪 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 随波 隨波 suí bō to drift with the waves 丰沛 豐沛 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 syn 偏振 piān zhèn polarization (of waves) 麦克斯韦 麥克斯韋 mài kè sī wéi Maxwell (name) / James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves 长风破浪 長風破浪 cháng fēng pò làng lit. to ride the wind and crest the waves / to be ambitious and unafraid (idiom) syn 检波 檢波 jiǎn bō to detect (e.g. radio waves) 沧浪亭 滄浪亭 cāng làng tíng The Surging Waves Pavillion in Suzhou, Jiangsu 无风不起浪 無風不起浪 wú fēng bù qǐ làng lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom) / there must be a reason / no smoke without fire 风口浪尖 風口浪尖 fēng kǒu làng jiān where the wind and the waves are the fiercest / at the heart of the struggle syn 无风三尺浪 無風三尺浪 wú fēng sān chǐ làng lit. large waves in windless conditions (idiom) / fig. trouble arising unexpectedly 澴 huán to return (of waves) 湱 huò dashing of waves 漰 pēng noise of dashing waves 澐 yún river waves 淜 péng roar of dashing waves 拍岸 pāi àn to beat against the shore (of waves) 汀线 汀線 tīng xiàn lines formed by waves on a beach 波涛粼粼 波濤粼粼 bō tāo lín lín crystalline waves (idiom) 涌浪 yǒng làng swell / billows / surging waves 涵淡 hán dàn waves 灪 yù (literary) (of waves) huge 冲打 衝打 chōng dǎ (of waves, rain etc) to dash against / to batter 速调管 速調管 sù tiáo guǎn klystron (electronic tube used to produce high frequency radio waves) 醋海生波 cù hǎi shēng bō lit. waves on a sea of vinegar / trouble caused by a jealous woman (idiom) 随波逊流 隨波遜流 suí bō xùn liú to drift with the waves and yield to the flow (idiom) / to follow the crowd blindly 风恬浪静 風恬浪靜 fēng tián làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / All is quiet. / a dead calm (at sea) 离子回旋谐波 ion-cyclotron-harmonic waves 电子回旋谐波 electron-cyclotron-harmonic waves 大气波 dài qì bō atmospheric waves 离子回旋波 離子回旋波 ion-cyclotron waves 风生水起 風生水起 fēng shēng shuǐ qǐ lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom) / fig. flourishing / thriving / prosperous 