思潮

sīcháo
  1. tide of thought
  2. way of thinking characteristic of a historical period
  3. Zeitgeist

CEDICT

  1. ideological trend
  2. way of thinking (particular to a period in history)

Wiktionary

  1. 一时代、一地方大众思想的趋势。
  2. 起伏不定的思绪。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 思 sī
  1. to think
  2. to consider
2 潮 cháo
  1. tide
  2. damp; moist; humid
  3. fashionable; trendy
  4. (coll.) inferior; substandard

Containing this entry

思潮起伏 sīcháoqǐfú
  1. thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom)
  2. different thoughts coming to mind