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 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 统治 統治 tǒng zhì to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regime 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 政权 政權 zhèng quán regime / political power syn 颠覆 顛覆 diān fù to topple (i.e. knock over) / to capsize / fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion) / to undermine / to subvert syn 流淌 liú tǎng to flow syn 流程 liú chéng course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing syn 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 臣服 chén fú to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime) / to serve syn 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 垮台 垮臺 kuǎ tái (of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse / to fall from power syn 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 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 改朝换代 改朝換代 gǎi cháo huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime 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 末年 mò nián the final years (of a regime) syn 割据 割據 gē jù to set up an independent regime / to secede / segmentation / division / fragmentation syn 余孽 餘孽 yú niè remaining evil element / surviving members (of an evil former regime) / dregs (of a colonial administration) 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 换代 換代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one syn 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 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) 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 无道 無道 wú dào tyrannical / brutal (regime) 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 复辟 復辟 fù bì to recover one's power or authority / restoration (of a past regime) syn 流泻 流瀉 liú xiè to flow / to flood syn 江流 jiāng liú river / river flow / current syn 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) 帝制 dì zhì autocratic monarchy / imperial regime syn 通经 通經 tōng jīng conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM) 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 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 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 载舟覆舟 載舟覆舟 zài zhōu fù zhōu to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom) / fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it. 岁月如流 歲月如流 suì yuè rú liú the passage of the years / the flow of time 大陆架制度 continental shelf legal regime / continental shelf regime 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 连续流动活体检定 連續流動活体檢定 lián xù liú dòng huó tǐ jiǎn dìng flow-through bioassay / continuous flow bioassay 滚压成形 滾壓成形 flow-forming / flow-turning / power roll forming 导弹武器技术控制制度 導彈武器技術控制制度 dǎo dàn wǔ qì jì shù kòng zhì zhì dù Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) 核查制度 hé chá zhì dù verification regime 傀儡政权 傀儡政權 kuǐ lěi zhèng quán puppet state / puppet regime 政柄 zhèng bǐng at the helm of state / political power / regime syn 养生法 養生法 yǎng shēng fǎ regime (diet) 第三帝国 第三帝國 dì sān dì guó Third Reich, Nazi regime (1933-1945) 国际制度 國際制度 guó jì zhì dù international regime 国际铁路制度公约 Convention on the International Régime of Railways 针对具体国家的制裁制度 State-specific sanctions regime 国际性通航水道制度公约和规约 Convention and Statute on the Regime of Navigable Waterways of International Concern 