高潮 (gāo cháo) means “high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity; climax (of a story, a competition etc); to have an orgasm”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
演出到了高潮,观众热烈鼓掌。
Yǎnchū dào le gāocháo.
The performance reached its climax.
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