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)
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)
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
Maxwell (name) / James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves
Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters) / sb who keeps to their word no matter what
lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person / a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
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