流 liú to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade syn 水流 shuǐ liú river / stream syn 气流 氣流 qì liú stream of air / airflow / slipstream / draft / breath / turbulence (of aircraft) 流程 liú chéng course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing syn 主流 zhǔ liú main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc) syn 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 人流 rén liú stream of people / abortion / abbr. for 人工流產|人工流产[ren2 gong1 liu2 chan3] syn 逆流 nì liú against the stream / adverse current / a countercurrent / fig. reactionary tendency / to go against the trend 流派 liú pài tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style syn 数据流 數據流 shù jù liú data stream / data flow 溪流 xī liú stream syn 分流 fēn liú to diverge / to divert / to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs) / to reassign (redundant staff) syn 意识流 意識流 yì shí liú stream of consciousness (in literature) 寒流 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream syn 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī the stream flows without stopping (idiom) / unending flow 络绎不绝 絡繹不絕 luò yì bù jué (idiom) continuously / in an endless stream syn 涓涓 juān juān a trickle / tiny stream / sluggish / to flow sluggishly syn 干流 幹流 gàn liú main stream (of a river) syn 车水马龙 車水馬龍 chē shuǐ mǎ lóng endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic syn 水柱 shuǐ zhù stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet) / jet of water 山涧 山澗 shān jiàn mountain stream syn 不绝 不絕 bù jué unending / uninterrupted 没底 沒底 méi dǐ unsure / uncertain / unending 簌簌 sù sù very slight sound / rustling (onom.) / to stream down (of tears) / luxuriant growth (of vegetation) syn 溪涧 溪澗 xī jiàn stream / mountain gorge syn 络绎 絡繹 luò yì continuous / unending 滥觞 濫觴 làn shāng lit. floating wine goblets on a stream / the origin (of some phenomenon) syn 泉 quán spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic) syn 小河 xiǎo hé creek / stream / brook syn 渠 qú (artificial) stream / canal / drain / ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / (literary) big / great / (dialect) he / she / him / her / (old) rim of a carriage wheel / felloe syn 浜 bāng stream / creek syn 伏流 fú liú hidden stream / ground stream syn 涓滴 juān dī tiny stream / trickle / drops / tiny trickle of funds syn 涧 澗 jiàn mountain stream syn 汊 chà branching stream syn 汜 sì stream which returns after branching 浍 澮 kuài drain / stream 岔流 chà liú branch stream syn 捷报频传 捷報頻傳 jié bào pín chuán victory reports pour in (idiom) / news of success in an endless stream 香火不绝 香火不絕 xiāng huǒ bù jué an unending stream of pilgrims 乙种射线 乙種射線 yǐ zhǒng shè xiàn beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay) 户限为穿 戶限為穿 hù xiàn wèi chuān an endless stream of visitors (idiom) 投鞭断流 投鞭斷流 tóu biān duàn liú arms enough to stem the stream (idiom) / formidable army syn 源源不断 源源不斷 yuán yuán - bù duàn (idiom) in an unending stream / continuous syn 涧流 澗流 jiàn liú mountain stream / stream in a valley 涧溪 澗溪 jiàn xī mountain stream / stream in a valley 河道流量 stream discharge / stream flow 慢长 慢長 màn cháng extremely long / unending 劦 liè unending exertion 连绵不绝 連綿不絕 lián mián - bù jué (idiom) continuous / unending 砅 lì cross stream by stepping on stones 涉过 涉過 shè guò to ford (a stream, river etc) 磎 xī mountain stream / creek 隒 yǎn the appearance of a mountain, as if two pots were standing one upon the other / the steep bank of a stream / a rough mountain path 垔 yīn to restrain / to dam a stream and change its direction / a mound 快班 kuài bān advanced stream (in school) / express (train, bus etc) 慢班 màn bān remedial stream (in school) 汀曲 tīng qū a bend in a stream 汀洲 tīng zhōu shoal / islet in a stream 汀渚 tīng zhǔ shoal / islet in a stream 沿洄 yán huí to go with the stream 涉渡 shè dù to ford (a stream) / to wade across 涓埃 juān āi tiny stream of dust / tiny things / negligible syn 液流 yè liú stream / flow of liquid 涧水 澗水 jiàn shuǐ mountain stream 粒子流 lì zǐ liú stream of particles / particle flow 串流 chuàn liú to stream (online) 过程物流 過程物流 guò chéng wù liú process stream 废物流 廢物流 fèi wù liú waste stream 挟运能力 挾運能力 capacity (of a stream or wind) 冰流 bīng liú ice stream 极锋急流 極鋒急流 polar front jet stream 不绝于途 不絕於途 bù jué yú tú to come and go in an incessant stream 溯溪 sù xī river tracing / mountain stream climbing (recreational activity) 小桥流水 小橋流水 xiǎo qiáo liú shuǐ a small bridge over a flowing stream 㳘 chōng (literary) (of a mountain stream) to flow down / (onom.) sound of flowing water 户限为穿 戶限為穿 hù xiàn wéi chuān to have an endless stream of visitors (idiom) 滧 yáo (dialect) natural branching stream / (used in place names) / also pr. [xiao4] 直播带货 直播帶貨 zhí bō dài huò (neologism c. 2020) (of an Internet influencer etc) to showcase and promote products via live stream, providing links for viewers to make a purchase 直播间 直播間 zhí bō jiān studio for live streaming / a live stream 