pāi'àn

to beat against the shore

  • created sense approved 拍岸 · pāi'àn · to beat against the shore — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拍岸

    pāi'àn

    to beat against the shore

    to beat against the shore or crash against the coastline; used to describe the action of waves

    拍, 岸

    拍 (literal) → 拍 · pāi · to pat 岸 (literal) → 岸 · àn · bank

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense