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 稳定 穩定 wěn dìng steady / stable / stability / to stabilize / to pacify syn 坚定 堅定 jiān dìng firm / steady / staunch / resolute 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 安稳 安穩 ān wěn steady / stable / sedate / calm / (of sleep) sound / (of a transition) smooth syn 流淌 liú tǎng to flow syn 流程 liú chéng course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing syn 平稳 平穩 píng wěn smooth / steady 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 沉着 沉著 chén zhuó steady / calm and collected / not nervous syn 稳固 穩固 wěn gù stable / steady / firm / to stabilize 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 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 踏实 踏實 tā shi firmly-based / steady / steadfast / to have peace of mind / free from anxiety / Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2] syn 脚踏实地 腳踏實地 jiǎo tà shí dì to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) / realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character syn 稳重 穩重 wěn zhòng steady / earnest / staid 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) 稳健 穩健 wěn jiàn firm / stable and steady syn 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 沉稳 沉穩 chén wěn steady / calm / unflustered 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 静态 靜態 jìng tài static / sedate / quiet / passive / (physics) static / steady-state / (electronics) quiescent 循序渐进 循序漸進 xún xù jiàn jìn in sequence, step by step (idiom) / to make steady progress incrementally syn 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 稳步 穩步 wěn bù steadily / a steady pace syn 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 稳扎稳打 穩扎穩打 wěn zhā wěn dǎ to go steady and strike hard (in fighting) / fig. steadily and surely syn 水量 shuǐ liàng volume of water / quantity of flow 踏踏实实 踏踏實實 tā tā shí shí steady / steadfast 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 四平八稳 四平八穩 sì píng bā wěn everything steady and stable (idiom) / overcautious and unimaginary syn 稳如泰山 穩如泰山 wěn rú tài shān steady as Mt Tai / as safe as houses syn 倒灌 dào guàn to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage) syn 正职 正職 zhèng zhí main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy) 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 谈恋爱 談戀愛 tán liàn ài to court / to go steady / to be dating syn 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) 稳压 穩壓 wěn yā stabilized voltage / regulated voltage / steady pressure / regulated pressure 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 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 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) 稳态 穩態 wěn tài steady state / homeostasis 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 稳 穩 wěn settled / steady / stable 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 稳练 穩練 wěn liàn steady and proficient / skilled and reliable syn 土石流 tǔ shí liú (Tw) debris flow / mudslide 一步一个脚印 一步一個腳印 yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn one step, one footprint (idiom) / steady progress / reliable syn 岁月如流 歲月如流 suì yuè rú liú the passage of the years / the flow of time 稳恒 穩恆 wěn héng steady / stable and permanent / constant / steady-state 滚压成形机床 flow-forming machine / flow-turning machine 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 稳态理论 穩態理論 wěn tài lǐ lùn the steady-state theory (cosmology) 