来潮 láicháo to rise Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 来潮 來潮 lái//cháo to rise (of water or tides) to rise; (metaphorical) to have a sudden thought or surge of emotion to have a period (of a woman) to have a menstrual period; to menstruate; named for the similarity between the menstrual cycle and the cycles of the tide Frequency Written text 0.529 per million Cross-References See 心血来潮 xīnxuèláicháo Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
来潮 來潮 lái//cháo to rise (of water or tides) to rise; (metaphorical) to have a sudden thought or surge of emotion to have a period (of a woman) to have a menstrual period; to menstruate; named for the similarity between the menstrual cycle and the cycles of the tide Frequency Written text 0.529 per million Cross-References See 心血来潮 xīnxuèláicháo Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)