流水 liúshuǐ

1. liúshuǐ noun running water
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '流水'; Guoyu '流水' 1)
2. liúshuǐ phrase continuous
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '流水' 2)
3. liúshuǐ phrase swift
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '流水' 3)

Contained in

• 流水号(流水號) sequence identifier
• 行云流水(行雲流水) moving clouds and flowing water; very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc
• 落花有意，流水无情(落花有意，流水無情) the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on
• 流水席 banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive
• 铁打的衙门，流水的官(鐵打的衙門，流水的官) the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water; government officials come and go
• 车如流水马如龙(車如流水馬如龍) like an endless stream of carriages and horses
• 落花流水 to be in a sorry state; to be utterly defeated
• 流水不腐 flowing water does not rot
• 流水账(流水賬) day-to-day account; current account
• 长流水，不断线(長流水，不斷線) continuous and patient effort
• 流水不腐，户枢不蠹(流水不腐，戶樞不蠹) flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust; constant activity prevents decay
• 流水帐(流水帳) day-to-day account; current account

Also contained in

流水线

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
• 卷四　墜形訓 Chapter 4: Terrestrial Forms Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 5
• 卷十 越絕外傳記吳王占夢第十二 Scroll 10 Yue Jue Shu 越絕書 — count: 4
• 卷二十 Scroll 20 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
• 輕重甲第八十 Chapter 80: Weight I Guanzi 管子 — count: 3
• 卷一 　本紀第一:　世紀 Volume 1 Annals 1: Ancenstral Records History of Jin 金史 — count: 3
• 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
• 卷六十七　列傳第五:　石顯 桓赧弟:散達 烏春附:溫敦蒲刺 臘醅弟麻產 鈍恩 留可 阿疏 奚王回離保 Volume 67 Biographies 5: Shi Xian, Huan Nan and younger brother: Sanda, Wu Chun and relative: Wendun Puci, Lapei dimachan, Dun En, Liu Ke, A Shu, Xiwang Huilibao History of Jin 金史 — count: 3
• 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 2
• 第七十二回 Chapter 72 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2

Collocations

• 来流水 (來流水) 行次來流水 — History of Jin 金史, 卷一 　本紀第一:　世紀 Volume 1 Annals 1: Ancenstral Records — count: 11
• 东流水 (東流水) 宮人皆絜於東流水上 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十一 左周黃列傳 Volume 61: Biographies of Zuo, Zhou, Huang — count: 11
• 流水上 (流水上) 宮人皆絜於東流水上 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十一 左周黃列傳 Volume 61: Biographies of Zuo, Zhou, Huang — count: 9
• 在流水 (在流水) 而志在流水 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷八 尊賢 Chapter 8: Respecting Talent — count: 8
• 流水急 (流水急) 端的槍刀流水急 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十二回 Chapter 52 — count: 4
• 见流水 (見流水) 見流水湯湯 — Yue Jue Shu 越絕書, 卷十 越絕外傳記吳王占夢第十二 Scroll 10 — count: 4
• 流水接 (流水接) 流水接軫 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷十四 列傳第八 江淹 任昉 Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang — count: 4
• 令流水 (令流水) 陂池裁令流水而已 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一下 光武帝紀 Volume 1b: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 3
• 高山流水 (高山流水) 高山流水 — Liezi 列子, 卷第五 湯問篇 Chapter 5: The Questions of Tang — count: 3
• 临流水 (臨流水) 臨流水而太息 — Songs of Chu 楚辭, 卷第四 九章 Chapter 4: Nine Pieces — count: 3