下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 大河 dà hé large river (esp the Yellow River) 结业 結業 jié yè to finish school, esp. a short course / to complete a course / (of a company) to cease operations syn 必修课 必修課 bì xiū kè required course / compulsory course 河滩 河灘 hé tān river bank / river shore / strand 黑龙江 黑龍江 hēi lóng jiāng see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1long2jiang1 Sheng3] / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia 沿江 yán jiāng along the river / the region around the river 淮河 huái hé Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] 契丹 qì dān Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2] 泛珠三角 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China 江流 jiāng liú river / river flow / current syn 澜沧江 瀾滄江 lán cāng jiāng Lancang River of Qinghai and Yunnan, the upper reaches of Mekong River 湄公河[Mei2 gong1 He2] of Southeast Asia 故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river) 速成班 sù chéng bān intensive course / crash course 三江源 sān jiāng yuán Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River 河工 hé gōng river conservancy works (dike maintenance, dredging etc) / river conservancy worker syn 开河 開河 kāi hé to open a river / to dig a canal / to thaw (of river) syn 河 hé river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2fen3] syn 浦 pǔ river bank / shore / river drainage ditch (old) 泷 瀧 shuāng Shuang river in Hunan and Guangdong (modern Wu river 武水) 汶 wèn Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川) / classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国 汨 mì name of a river, the southern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1] 内陆河 內陸河 nèi lù hé inland river / river draining to inland sea 沣 灃 fēng rainy / place name in Shaanxi / Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水[Wei4 Shui3] 当然 當然 dāng rán only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt syn 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn 本来 本來 běn lái original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course syn 自 zì (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course syn 经过 經過 jīng guò to pass / to go through / process / course / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 过程 過程 guò chéng course of events / process / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 治 zhì to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research syn 采取 採取 cǎi qǔ to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) / to take syn 南方 nán fāng south / southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River) syn 课程 課程 kè chéng course / academic program / CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2],門|门[men2] syn 激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme syn 球场 球場 qiú chǎng stadium / sports ground / court / pitch / field / golf course / CL:個|个[ge4],處|处[chu4] 运行 運行 yùn xíng (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function / to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate / to run / (of a computer) to run syn 北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn 行程 xíng chéng journey / travel route / distance of travel / course (of history) / stroke (of a piston) / (Tw) (computing) process syn 爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) 河边 河邊 hé biān river bank 路程 lù chéng route / path traveled / distance traveled / course (of development) syn 理所当然 理所當然 lǐ suǒ dāng rán as it should be by rights (idiom) / proper and to be expected as a matter of course / inevitable and right syn 进程 進程 jìn chéng course of events / process syn 河流 hé liú river / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 疗程 療程 liáo chéng course of treatment 水流 shuǐ liú river / stream syn 济 濟 jì to cross a river / to aid or relieve / to be of help syn 赛程 賽程 sài chéng competition schedule / the course of a race 讲座 講座 jiǎng zuò course of lectures / lecture series / chair (academic position) 水源 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river syn 流程 liú chéng course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing syn 河水 hé shuǐ river water syn 航向 háng xiàng course / direction (a ship or plane is heading in) 赛道 賽道 sài dào race course 高尔夫球场 高爾夫球場 gāo ěr fū qiú chǎng golf course 历程 歷程 lì chéng course / process syn 主流 zhǔ liú main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc) syn 预科 預科 yù kē preparatory course (in college) 上游 shàng yóu upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream syn 分支 fēn zhī branch (of company, river etc) / to branch / to diverge / to ramify / to subdivide syn 里程 lǐ chéng mileage (distance traveled) / course (of development) syn 风向 風向 fēng xiàng wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events 自生自灭 自生自滅 zì shēng zì miè to emerge and perish on its own / to run its course (idiom) 西岸 xī àn the west bank / West Bank of Jordan River 学分 學分 xué fēn course credit 汹涌 洶湧 xiōng yǒng to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc) / turbulent syn 主菜 zhǔ cài main course 正餐 zhèng cān (regular) meal / full meal / main course 赛马场 賽馬場 sài mǎ chǎng race course / race ground / race track 水边 水邊 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) syn 河岸 hé àn riverside / river bank 何去何从 何去何從 hé qù hé cóng what course to follow / what path to take syn 河谷 hé gǔ river valley syn 自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc) / one's own (apartment, brand etc) 学科 學科 xué kē subject / branch of learning / course / academic discipline syn 河畔 hé pàn riverside / river plain 下游 xià yóu lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream syn 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom) / willful / one's own way / dogmatic syn 适时 適時 shì shí timely / apt to the occasion / in due course syn 尼罗河 尼羅河 ní luó hé Nile (river) 后路 後路 hòu lù escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver syn 无所适从 無所適從 wú suǒ shì cóng not knowing which course to follow (idiom) / at a loss what to do syn 进修 進修 jìn xiū to undertake advanced studies / to take a refresher course syn 诉诸 訴諸 sù zhū to appeal (to reason, sentiment, charity etc) / to resort to (a course of action) 后尘 後塵 hòu chén lit. trailing dust / fig. sb's footsteps / course in life 沙地 shā dì sandy beach or river bank / sand dune / sandy land syn 征途 zhēng tú long journey / trek / course of an expedition syn 江南 jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea) 上行 shàng xíng (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital) / (of river boats) to go against the current / to submit (a document) to higher authorities syn 制导 制導 zhì dǎo to control (the course of sth) / to guide (a missile) 作法 zuò fǎ course of action / method of doing sth / practice / modus operandi 敢情 gǎn qing actually / as it turns out / indeed / of course syn 奉行 fèng xíng to pursue (a course, a policy) syn 同舟共济 同舟共濟 tóng zhōu gòng jì cross a river in the same boat (idiom) / fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals syn 教程 jiào chéng course of study (commonly used in book titles) syn 本科 běn kē undergraduate course / undergraduate (attributive) 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 