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流
liú
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
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✏️ 9 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
一流
yīliú
top quality
三流
sānliú
third-rate
上流
shàngliú
upper class
下流
xiàliú
lower book of a river
中流
zhōngliú
midstream
主流
zhǔliú
main stream (of a river)
九流
jiǔliú
the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians [[儒家<Rújiā>]], Daoists [[道家<Dàojiā>]], Yin and Yang [[陰陽家|阴阳家<Yīnyángjiā>]], Legalists [[法家<Fǎjiā>]], Logicians [[名家<Míngjiā>]], Mohists [[墨家<Mòjiā>]], Diplomats [[縱橫家|纵横家<Zònghéngjiā>]], Miscellaneous [[雜家|杂家<Zájiā>]], and Agriculturalists [[農家|农家<Nóngjiā>]]
二流
èrliú
second-rate
交流
jiāoliú
to exchange
人流
rénliú
stream of people
伏流
fúliú
hidden stream
倒流
dàoliú
to flow backwards
传流
chuánliú
to spread
内流
nèiliú
inward flowing (of river)
分流
fēnliú
bypass
北流
Běiliú
Beiliu county level city in Yulin [[玉林<Yùlín>]], Guangxi
汇流
huìliú
(of rivers etc) to converge
合流
héliú
to converge
名流
míngliú
gentry
回流
huíliú
to flow back
Example Sentences (1)
真是不容易啊！看来我只看到了你成功时获得的鲜花，却没注意到你成功前流下的汗水。
Zhēn shì bù róngyì a! Kànlái wǒ zhǐ kàn dào le nǐ chénggōng shí huòdé de xiānhuā, què méi zhùyì dào nǐ chénggōng qián liúxià de hànshuǐ.
It's really not easy! It seems I only saw the flowers you received when you succeeded, but didn't notice the sweat you shed before your success.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 395
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,326 of 84,292