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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
回流 huí liú to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn
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
背后 背後 bèi hòu behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back syn
退后 退後 tuì hòu to stand back / to go back (in time) / to yield / to make concessions syn
后退 後退 hòu tuì to recoil / to draw back / to fall back / to retreat syn
后门 後門 hòu mén back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor syn
反击 反擊 fǎn jī to strike back / to beat back / to counterattack syn
后背 後背 hòu bèi the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth syn
流动 流動 liú dòng to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid syn
回电 回電 huí diàn to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram
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
退回 tuì huí to return (an item) / to send back / to go back syn
后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn
流淌 liú tǎng to flow syn
反悔 fǎn huǐ to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise) syn
流程 liú chéng course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing syn
顶嘴 頂嘴 dǐng zuǐ to talk back / to answer back 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
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
如鱼得水 如魚得水 rú yú dé shuǐ like a fish back in water (idiom) / glad to be back in one's proper surroundings syn
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
回转 迴轉 huí zhuǎn to revolve / to rotate / to turn around / to turn back / to go back / to return / (skiing) slalom syn
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)
义无反顾 義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts 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
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
背靠背 bèi kào bèi back to back
送还 送還 sòng huán to return / to give back / to send back / to repatriate syn
汇入 匯入 huì rù to flow into / to converge (of river) / (computing) to import (data)
湍急 tuān jí rapid (flow of water) syn
回眸 huí móu to glance back / to look back / retrospective syn
水量 shuǐ liàng volume of water / quantity of flow
投桃报李 投桃報李 tóu táo bào lǐ toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) / to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. 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
回返 huí fǎn to return / to go back / to come back 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
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)
脑后 腦後 nǎo hòu the back of the head / (fig.) the back of one's mind
夺回 奪回 duó huí to take back (forcibly) / to recapture / to win back syn
转回 轉回 zhuǎn huí to turn back / to put back / reversal / melodic inversion (in music) syn
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
逡巡 qūn xún to draw back / to move back and forth / to hesitate / in an instant
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)
回弹 回彈 huí tán (of sth that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape / (fig.) to rebound / to bounce back
通经 通經 tōng jīng conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM)
背对背 背對背 bèi duì bèi back to back
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
bèi the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing syn
guī to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor syn
to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc) syn
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
开后门 開後門 kāi hòu mén to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door syn
紊流 wěn liú turbulent flow
翻悔 fān huǐ to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise) syn
chán flow / trickle (of water)
de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
huán to pay back / to return syn
不过 不過 bù guò only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) syn
回来 回來 huí lai to return / to come back syn
què but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though syn
回去 huí qu to return / to go back syn
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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