Rising tide

Pinyin: zhǎng cháo

Explanation: 1. A term used to refer to the regular rise of the water surface of the oceans as a result of gravitational pull from the moon and the sun.

Example sentence: On the night of February 5, more than 30 Asian scallop pickers were killed when the tide rose suddenly while they were picking up bird clams at Morecambe Bay Beach, killing 19 Chinese.