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 流动 流動 liú dòng to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid syn 透气 透氣 tòu qì to flow freely (of air) / to ventilate / to breathe (of fabric etc) / to take a breath of fresh air / to divulge syn 过滤 過濾 guò lǜ to filter syn 流淌 liú tǎng to flow syn 筛选 篩選 shāi xuǎn to filter syn 流程 liú chéng course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing syn 过滤器 過濾器 guò lǜ qì filtering apparatus / (machine) filter 流出 liú chū to flow out / to disgorge / to effuse 血流 xuè liú blood flow syn 倒流 dào liú to flow backwards / reverse flow 交汇 交彙 jiāo huì variant of 交匯|交汇 / to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation syn 流入 liú rù to flow into / to drift into / influx / inflow syn 截断 截斷 jié duàn to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate 流向 liú xiàng direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward 收支 shōu zhī cash flow / financial balance / income and expenditure syn 流量 liú liàng flow rate / throughput of passengers / volume of traffic / (hydrology) discharge / data traffic / network traffic / website traffic / mobile data 源源不断 源源不斷 yuán yuán bù duàn a steady flow (idiom) / an unending stream syn 充血 chōng xuè hyperemia (increase in blood flow) / blood congestion 车流 車流 chē liú traffic / rate of traffic flow 周转 週轉 zhōu zhuǎn to rotate / to circulate (cash, stock etc) / turnover / circulation / cash flow syn 路况 路況 lù kuàng road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc) 数据流 數據流 shù jù liú data stream / data flow 直流 zhí liú to flow steadily / direct current (DC) 一气呵成 一氣呵成 yī qì hē chéng to do something at one go / to flow smoothly syn 随波逐流 隨波逐流 suí bō zhú liú to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom) / to follow the crowd blindly 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 奔流 bēn liú to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current syn 合流 hé liú to converge / to flow together / fig. to act alike / to evolve together 沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn 外流 wài liú outflow / to flow out / to drain 除尘 除塵 chú chén to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles) 滤波器 濾波器 lǜ bō qì signal filter 横流 橫流 héng liú to overflow / transverse flow / to flow over / cross flow syn 汇入 匯入 huì rù to flow into / to converge (of river) / (computing) to import (data) 回流 huí liú to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent) 湍急 tuān jí rapid (flow of water) syn 水量 shuǐ liàng volume of water / quantity of flow 滤器 濾器 lǜ qì filter / strainer syn 山洪 shān hóng deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt syn 流速 liú sù flow speed / rate of flow 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī the stream flows without stopping (idiom) / unending flow 涓涓 juān juān a trickle / tiny stream / sluggish / to flow sluggishly syn 流程图 流程圖 liú chéng tú flow chart 热流 熱流 rè liú heat flow / heat flux syn 细水长流 細水長流 xì shuǐ cháng liú lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little syn 倒灌 dào guàn to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage) syn 盲流 máng liú (PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities / rural migrant without definite prospects / drifter syn 层流 層流 céng liú laminar flow 客流 kè liú passenger flow / customer flow 节流 節流 jié liú to control flow / to choke / weir valve / a throttle / a choke 滤纸 濾紙 lǜ zhǐ filter paper 游走 遊走 yóu zǒu to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range) 滤镜 濾鏡 lǜ jìng (photography) filter 滤芯 濾芯 lǜ xīn filter cartridge / filter 现金流量 現金流量 xiàn jīn liú liàng cash flow 现金流 現金流 xiàn jīn liú cash flow 滤波 濾波 lǜ bō to filter electric signals 滤清器 濾清器 lǜ qīng qì a filter 源远流长 源遠流長 yuán yuǎn liú cháng lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then syn 融通 róng tōng to circulate / to flow (esp. capital) / to intermingle / to merge / to become assimilated 现金流量表 現金流量表 xiàn jīn liú liàng biǎo cash flow statement 沙漏 shā lòu hourglass / sand filter 滤网 濾網 lǜ wǎng filter / a sieve 流泻 流瀉 liú xiè to flow / to flood syn 江流 jiāng liú river / river flow / current syn 滤过 濾過 lǜ guò to filter 血流量 xuè liú liàng blood flow 流量控制 liú liàng kòng zhì flow control 倾泄 傾洩 qīng xiè to cascade down / to flow in torrents / (fig.) outpouring (of emotions) 通经 通經 tōng jīng conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM) 过筛 過篩 guò shāi to put through a sieve / to sift (flour etc) / to strain (a liquid) / (fig.) to screen / to filter / to select 浊流 濁流 zhuó liú turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends syn 泥沙俱下 ní shā jù xià mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle syn 淋 lìn to filter / to strain / to drain / gonorrhea / (TCM) strangury syn 滤 濾 lǜ to strain / to filter syn 筛 篩 shāi (bound form) a sieve / to sieve / to sift / to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong) syn 泻 瀉 xiè to flow out swiftly / to flood / a torrent / diarrhea / laxative syn 朗朗上口 lǎng lǎng shàng kǒu to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry) / to recite with ease / catchy (of a song) syn 偏光镜 偏光鏡 piān guāng jìng polarizing filter 沥 瀝 lì to drip / to strain or filter / a trickle syn 滤色镜 濾色鏡 lǜ sè jìng color filter 滤清 濾清 lǜ qīng to filter and purify 紊流 wěn liú turbulent flow 潺 chán flow / trickle (of water) 抛洒 拋灑 pāo sǎ to drip / to flow out / to sprinkle syn 土石流 tǔ shí liú (Tw) debris flow / mudslide 酾 釃 shī (literary) to filter (wine) / to pour (wine or tea) / to dredge / also pr. [shai1] / Taiwan pr. [si1] syn 岁月如流 歲月如流 suì yuè rú liú the passage of the years / the flow of time 双层滤料滤池 雙層濾料濾池 shuāng céng lǜ liào lǜ chí dual-media filter / double-layer filter / double-bed filter 保真滤波器 保真濾波器 anti-aliasing filter / anti-alias filter / alias filter 高通滤波器 高通濾波器 gāo tōng lǜ bō qì high-pass filter / low-cut filter 低通滤波器 低通濾波器 dī tōng lǜ bō qì low-pass filter / high-cut filter 空间滤波 空間濾波 filter / spatial filter 滚压成形机床 flow-forming machine / flow-turning machine 定常流 dìng cháng liú stationary flow / steady flow 低水位 dī shuǐ wèi minimum flow / low flow 基因流动 jī yīn liú dòng gene flow / genetic flow 连续流动生物测定 連續流動生物測定 lián xù liú dòng shēng wù cè dìng flow-through bioassay / continuous flow bioassay 