流
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- 1. to flow
- 2. to disseminate
- 3. to circulate or spread
- 4. to move or drift
- 5. to degenerate
- 6. to banish or send into exile
- 7. stream of water or sth resembling one
- 8. class, rate or grade
Words Containing 流
top quality
upper class
main stream (of a river)
to exchange
passenger flow
the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
tributary (river)
river
to spread
to flow into
fluent
to flow
direction of a current
river basin
(of soil etc) to wash away
flu
flowing (of speech, writing)
rogue
running water
to drift about
to flow
to shed tears
course
to bleed
(of a contagious disease etc) to spread
to be on the move
to circulate; to distribute
flow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic
to reveal (indirectly, implicitly)
tide
distribution (business)
to alternate; to take turns
distinguished and accomplished
(fig.) a breath of fresh air
the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists)
third-rate
Three Parallel Rivers National Park, in mountainous northwest Yunnan World Heritage protected area: the three rivers are Nujiang 怒江[nù jiāng] or Salween, Jinsha 金沙江[jīn shā jiāng] or upper reaches of Changjiang and Lancang 瀾滄江|澜沧江[lán cāng jiāng] or Mekong
upper class
the lowest professions
lower course of a river
turbulent
not following the crowd
midstream
mainstay
to stream (online)
the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[rú jiā], Daoists 道家[dào jiā], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[yīn yáng jiā], Legalists 法家[fǎ jiā], Logicians 名家[míng jiā], Mohists 墨家[mò jiā], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[zòng héng jiā], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[zá jiā], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[nóng jiā]
second-rate
loafer
(fig.) channel of communication
alternating current
alternating current
alternating current (electricity)
abortion
see 人往高處走，水往低處流|人往高处走，水往低处流[rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú]
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
brain drain
brain drain
stream of people
an abortion
to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
wasted effort
hidden stream
to flow backwards
to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)
bias current (electronics)
to spread
oseltamivir
inward flowing (of river)
inward flowing river
full throttle
Mesopotamia
bypass
shunt circuit
Chinese translation of \kung flu\, a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to COVID-19 as a \Chinese\ disease
Beiliu, county-level city in Yulin 玉林[yù lín], Guangxi
Beiliu, county-level city in Yulin 玉林[yù lín], Guangxi
(of rivers etc) to converge
slip-ring
(medicine) semi-liquid food
semifluid
inverter, device that converts AC electricity to DC and vice versa
equatorial counter current
widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
to converge
to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others
gentry
(elec.) unidirectional current
to flow back
mudslide
Murray-Darling river system in the southeast of Australia
outflow
at a stride
atmospheric circulation
major epidemic
to flow at great speed
(derog.) woman
Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
affluent
jet (math.)
convection
troposphere
tropopause
able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer
spoiler (automotive)
a small bridge over a flowing stream
wake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc)
to piss one's pants in terror (idiom)
laminar flow
branch stream
asthenosphere (geology)
lava flow
workflow
workflow
strong current
stratosphere
main stream (of a river)
to drain
high current (e.g. electric)
runoff
readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views
to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
(psychology) flow
to walk quickly
exchange of ideas
torrent
stream of consciousness (in literature)
to respond fluently
brain drain
to cast sb's yearly horoscope
arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
spoiler (automotive or aeronautical)
lit. branches and descendants
to let sb do whatever they want
to rectify (alternating current to direct current)
rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current)
data stream
cultural exchange
to run dry (of river)
rotating flow
the spread of Japanese cultural products (anime, pop music etc) to other countries
meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
purex
warm current
undercurrent
late degenerate stage
see 枕石漱流[zhěn shí shù liú]
to live a hermit's life (in seclusion)
bridge rectifier (electricity)
to overflow
the passage of the years
as time goes by (idiom)
stream of air
river
to sweat profusely (idiom)
river
landslide
ocean current
drainage
a powerful current
to drain
to force into exile
government-in-exile
to spread
prevalent fashion (often used pejoratively)
lit. flowing light and overflowing color
the unemployed workforce
to flow out
exile (as form of punishment)
branch (of a river)
transient population
children of migrants
flowing; shifting
shifting sand dunes
turnover (of staff)
current liability
(financial reporting) current assets
money in circulation
streaming media
to stray and forget to return
roving bandit
to live in exile
mountain mist
fleeting time
the year's horoscope augurs ill (idiom); an unlucky year
malpractice
stray bullet
influenza vaccine
influenza virus
to circulate
to exile
to change (for the worse)
to become a mere formality
lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword)
meteor
lit. a meteor catching up with the moon
meteor shower
meteoroid
(of an auction) to be inconclusive