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"flowing (of prose)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
跌宕昭彰 diē dàng zhāo zhāng flowing (of prose) / free
Chinese Pinyin Translation
行云流水 行雲流水 xíng yún liú shuǐ lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced syn
内流 內流 nèi liú inward flowing (of river) / flowing into desert
内流河 內流河 nèi liú hé inward flowing river / river flowing into desert or salt lake, e.g. Tarim river 塔里木河
动Ｌ 動Ｌ dòng L flowing / flexible / lively (internet slang) / flowing / flexible / lively (Internet slang)
散文 sǎn wén prose / essay syn
散文诗 散文詩 sǎn wén shī prose poem
苏轼 蘇軾 sū shì Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn
雕琢 diāo zhuó to sculpt / to carve (jade) / ornate artwork / overly elaborate prose syn
欧阳修 歐陽修 ōu yáng xiū Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
抒写 抒寫 shū xiě to express (emotions in prose) / a written description (of emotions) syn
遗墨 遺墨 yí mò posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc) syn
点金成铁 點金成鐵 diǎn jīn chéng tiě to transform gold into base metal (idiom) / fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it syn
变文 變文 biàn wén a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)
唐宋八大家 táng sòng bā dà jiā Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[Liu3 Zong1 yuan2], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1], the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1], Wang Anshi 王安石[Wang2 An1 shi2], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[Zeng1 Gong3]
散体 散體 sǎn tǐ free prose style
能诗善文 能詩善文 néng shī shàn wén highly literate / lit. capable at poetry, proficient at prose
骈体 駢體 pián tǐ parallel prose (ancient literary style)
骈俪 駢儷 pián lì parallel (sentences) / parallel prose
属文 屬文 zhǔ wén to write prose
辞章 辭章 cí zhāng poetry and prose / rhetoric syn
诗话 詩話 shī huà notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties
唐宋八大家 táng - sòng bā dà jiā the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gu3wen2 yun4dong4], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[Liu3 Zong1yuan2], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1yang2 Xiu1], the three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1], Wang Anshi 王安石[Wang2 An1shi2], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[Zeng1 Gong3]
耍笔杆 耍筆桿 shuǎ bǐ gǎn to craft facile prose / to play around with words syn
流畅 流暢 liú chàng flowing (of speech, writing) / fluent / smooth and easy syn
畅通 暢通 chàng tōng unimpeded / free-flowing / straight path / unclogged / move without obstruction syn
流动性 流動性 liú dòng xìng flowing / shifting / fluidity / mobility / liquidity (of funds) syn
疏通 shū tōng to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text) syn
四溢 sì yì (of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place / (of grease etc) dripping everywhere / flowing all over the place
热钱 熱錢 rè qián hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
海河 hǎi hé Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)
头破血流 頭破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised syn
汩汩 gǔ gǔ (onom.) gurgling sound of flowing water syn
流光溢彩 liú guāng yì cǎi lit. flowing light and overflowing color / brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom)
洋洋洒洒 洋洋灑灑 yáng yáng sǎ sǎ voluminous / flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom) syn
两袖清风 兩袖清風 liǎng xiù qīng fēng lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom) / having clean hands / uncorrupted / unsoiled by corrupt practices syn
畅达 暢達 chàng dá free-flowing / smooth syn
水袖 shuǐ xiù flowing sleeves (part of theatrical costume)
逝 shì (of flowing water or time) to pass by / to pass away / to die syn
哗 嘩 huā (onom.) bang / clang / sound of gurgling, splashing or flowing water / (interjection expressing surprise) wow syn
澧 lǐ Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖[Dong4ting2 Hu2] / surname Li
泠 líng sound of water flowing
沆 hàng a ferry / fog / flowing
湓 pén flowing of water / name of a river
褎 xiù sleeve / ample flowing robes
流水不腐 liú shuǐ bù fǔ flowing water does not rot syn
涕泗横流 涕泗橫流 tì sì héng liú tears and mucus flowing profusely / sniveling / in a tragic state
涕泗纵横 涕泗縱橫 tì sì zòng héng tears and mucus flowing profusely / sniveling / in a tragic state
涕泪交流 涕淚交流 tì lèi jiāo liú tears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom) / weeping tragically
血流漂杵 xuè liú piāo chǔ enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom) / rivers of blood / blood bath
滮 biāo flowing of water
洊 jiàn flowing water / successive
湝 jiē flowing (of water)
潀 cóng gather / flow into (water) / sound of waters flowing together
澧水 lǐ shuǐ Lishui river in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖
沅江 yuán jiāng river in Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 / Yuanjiang, county-level city in Yiyang 益陽|益阳[Yi4 yang2], Hunan
流水不腐，户枢不蠹 流水不腐，戶樞不蠹 liú shuǐ bù fǔ , hù shū bù dù lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) / fig. constant activity prevents decay
清流 qīng liú clean flowing water / (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences / scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power syn
湉 tián (literary) smoothly flowing, placid (water)
湉湉 tián tián (literary) smoothly flowing, placid (water)
湟水 huáng shuǐ Huangshui River, upper reaches of the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2], flowing through Qinghai and Gansu
珠流 zhū liú fluent with words / words flowing like pearl beads
萨尔温江 薩爾溫江 sà ěr wēn jiāng Salween river, flowing from Tibet into Myanmar
锡尔河 錫爾河 xī ěr hé Syr Darya, Central Asian river, flowing from Kyrgiz Republic through Kazakhstan to the Aral sea
阿姆河 ā mǔ hé Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan / formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islamic writers
额尔齐斯河 額爾齊斯河 é ěr qí sī hé Irtysh River, flowing from southwest Altai in Xinjiang through Kazakhstan and Siberia to the Arctic Ocean
萨瓦河 薩瓦河 sà wǎ hé Sava River, flowing through Southeast Europe
流韵 流韻 liú yùn musical sound / flowing rhythm (of poetry) / cadence
驶流 駛流 shǐ liú swiftly flowing / torrent
灖 mǐ (used to describe flowing water)
流丽 流麗 liú lì smooth and ornate / flowing (style etc)
沨 渢 fēng (onom.) sound of flowing water / sound of wind / Taiwan pr. [feng2]
塔拉斯河 tǎ lā sī hé Talas River, originating in Kyrgyzstan and flowing west into Kazakhstan
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
泇河 jiā hé Jia River, originating in Shandong and flowing through Jiangsu into the Grand Canal
琤𪻐 琤瑽 chēng cōng (literary) (onom.) tinkling of jade pendants / plashing of flowing water / musical notes of a zither
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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