流 liú
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liú
verb
to flow; to spread; to circulate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 她的眼泪流得更多了 'She cried even more.' (Ye Shengtao 1999, p. 10; Guoyu '流' v 2; Unihan '流') -
liú
noun
a class
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Category
Notes: In the sense of 品类 (Guoyu '流' n 4; Unihan '流') -
liú
verb
water
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 水 (Guoyu '流' n 1) -
liú
verb
a current
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Anything that flows like water, such as electricity (Guoyu '流' n 2) -
liú
noun
a group
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Category
Notes: In the sense of 派别 (Guoyu '流' n 3) -
liú
verb
to move
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 移动 (Guoyu '流' v 1) -
liú
verb
to trend; to incline
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 趋向 (Guoyu '流' v 3) -
liú
verb
to banish; to deport; to send into exile
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 放逐 (Guoyu '流' v 4) -
liú
verb
to indulge; to pamper
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 放纵 (Guoyu '流' v 5) -
liú
adjective
passing quickly; turning continuously
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '流' adj 2) -
liú
adjective
accidental
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '流' adj 3) -
liú
adjective
with no basis
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '流' adj 4)
Contained in
- 流汗 to sweat
- 按月输流(按月輸流) monthly rotation
- 三流 third-rate; inferior
- 流离遇合(流離遇合) to reunite after being homeless refugees
- 随波逊流(隨波遜流) to drift with the waves and yield to the flow; to follow the crowd blindly
- 整流 to rectify (alternating current to direct current)
- 岩浆流(岩漿流) lava flow
- 流冗 the unemployed workforce
- 漂流者 white water rafter; paddler; river runner
- 强流(強流) high current (e.g. electric)
- 漂流 to float; to drift
- 紊流 turbulent flow
- 节流阀(節流閥) a throttle
- 流鼻涕 to have a runny nose
- 平流层(平流層) stratosphere
- 中流砥柱 mainstay; cornerstone; tower of strength
- 流派 a school of thought
- 畅流(暢流) free flowing
- 液流 stream; flow of liquid
- 流畅(流暢) fluent; flowing; smooth
- 激流 rapids; a torrent; a rushing stream; turbulence ; to block a stream
- 胠箧者流(胠篋者流) thieves; pilferers
- 流韵(流韻) musical sound; flowing rhythm (of poetry); cadence
- 风流云散(風流雲散) dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds; scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)
- 流纹岩(流紋岩) rhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite)
- 粒子流 stream of particles; particle flow
- 潮流 tide; current ; trend
- 流離 lapis lazuli; lazurite
- 流水帐(流水帳) day-to-day account; current account
- 浊流(濁流) turbid flow; muddy waters; fig. a contemptible person; fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends
- 迁流(遷流) to elapse
- 人工流产(人工流產) abortion
- 急流勇退 a rapidly flow of water requiring quick retreat
- 流连(流連) to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave); to linger on
- 川流不息 the flow of an endless stream
- 人往高处走,水往低处流(人往高處走,水往低處流) man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down
- 流亡 to force into exile; to be exiled
- 流行性感冒 influenza
- 四渎东流(四瀆東流) the four rivers flow to the east
- 流言蜚语(流言蜚語) rumors and slanders; gossip; lies and slanders
- 流萤(流螢) firefly
- 猪流感病毒(豬流感病毒) swine influenza virus (SIV)
- 流行文化 pop culture
- 对流层(對流層) troposphere
- 伏流 hidden stream; ground stream
- 物流管理 logistics
- 横流(橫流) to overflow; transverse flow; to flow over; cross flow
- 飞短流长(飛短流長) to spread malicious gossip
- 药流(藥流) medical abortion
- 流体力学(流體力學) fluid mechanics; hydrodynamics
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- 卷四十三 志第十九 地理四 Volume 43 Treatises 19: Geography 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 78
- 卷三 北山經 Chapter 3: Classic of the Mountains - North Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 73
- 卷六十 志第十三 天文十三 Volume 60 Treatises 13: Astronomy 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 59
- 卷六十四 志第十七 五行二下 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Five Elements 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 58
- 卷一百二十 載記第二十 李特 李流 Volume 120 Records 20: Li Te; Li Liu Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 56
- 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 51
- 卷四十五 志第二十一 地理六 Volume 45 Treatises 21: Geography 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 51
- 卷四十四 志第二十 地理五 Volume 44 Treatises 20: Geography 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 49
- 卷六十三 志第十五: 地理六 Volume 63 Treatises 16: Geography 6 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 47
- 卷五十九 志第十二 天文十二 Volume 59 Treatises 12: Astronomy 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 47
Collocations
- 东流 (東流) 東流為漢 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 9
- 流束 (流束) 不流束薪 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧揚之水 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Yang Zhi Shui — count: 5
- 西流 (西流) 今火猶西流 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 4
- 流火 (流火) 七月流火 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧七月 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Qi Yue — count: 3
- 流歠 (流歠) 毋流歠 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 3
- 七月流 (七月流) 七月流火 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧七月 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Qi Yue — count: 3
- 水下流 (水下流) 水下流 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一 原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 3
- 同流 (同流) 萬世同流 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 畢命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Duke of Bi — count: 3
- 流黄 (流黃) 日夏至而流黃澤 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 3
- 泉流 (泉流) 如彼泉流 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小旻 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Min — count: 3