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
- 洪流 a powerful current; a flood
- 普雷克斯流程 purex
- 流居 to live in exile
- 流体动力学(流體動力學) fluid dynamics
- 流落街头(流落街頭) to wander the streets
- 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
- 流星赶月(流星趕月) a meteor catching up with the moon; swift action
- 胠箧者流(胠篋者流) thieves; pilferers
- 流览(流覽) to skim; to browse
- 风流蕴藉(風流蘊藉) temperate and refined
- 急流勇退 a rapidly flow of water requiring quick retreat
- 流逝 (of time) to pass; to elapse
- 流窜犯(流竄犯) criminal at large
- 干流(幹流) main stream
- 流鼻血 to bleed from the nose; to be sexually aroused
- 甲流 type A influenza
- 分流 bypass
- 漂流物 items drifting in a stream
- 流畅(流暢) fluent; flowing; smooth
- 血流 blood flow
- 支与流裔(支與流裔) branches and descendants; of a similar kind; related
- 流变学(流變學) rheology
- 流传(流傳) to spread; to circulate; to hand down
- 流连(流連) to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave); to linger on
- 流理台 kitchen counter
- 流派 a school of thought
- 流转(流轉) to be on the move; to roam or wander ; to spread ; to circulate ; to gradually disappear; to fade away
- 电流(電流) electric current
- 流观山海图(流觀山海圖) my eyes wander over the pictures of hills and seas
- 德意志学术交流中心(德意志學術交流中心) German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- 风流韵事(風流韻事) poetic and passionate; romance; love affair
- 流于形式(流於形式) to become a mere formality
- 流动资产(流動資產) current asset
- 溪流 stream
- 流离遇合(流離遇合) to reunite after being homeless refugees
- 钱流(錢流) cash flow
- 流量 flow rate; rate; throughput
- 上流社会(上流社會) upper class; high society
- 粒子流 stream of particles; particle flow
- 风水轮流(風水輪流) fortunes rise and fall; times change
- 交流道 highway interchange; () channel of communication
- 流泉 a flowing spring
- 批流年 to cast somebody's yearly horoscope
- 主流 the main stream ; the mainstream; the main trend ; the main influencer
- 流淌 to flow
- 旋流 rotating flow
- 逆流而上 to sail against the current; to go against the flow
- 第一流 first-class
- 岁月流逝(歲月流逝) as time goes by
- 应对如流(應對如流) to respond fluently; to answer smartly
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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
- 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — 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
- 卷五十九 志第十二 天文十二 Volume 59 Treatises 12: Astronomy 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 47
- 卷九十一 志第四十四 河渠一 Volume 91 Treatises 44: Rivers and Canals 1 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
- 流遁 (流遁) 淖溺流遁 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一 原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — 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
- 四流 (四流) 四流而歸於天下 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重乙第八十一 Chapter 81: Weight II — 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
- 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
- 民流 (民流) 政散民流 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧桑中 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Sang Zhong — 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