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 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 流淌 liú tǎng to flow syn 流程 liú chéng course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing syn 倒车 倒車 dào chē to reverse (a vehicle) / to drive backwards syn 流出 liú chū to flow out / to disgorge / to effuse 血流 xuè liú blood flow 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 源源不断 源源不斷 yuán yuán bù duàn a steady flow (idiom) / an unending stream syn 逆向 nì xiàng backwards / reverse direction 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 往复 往復 wǎng fù to go and come back / to make a return trip / backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action) / to reciprocate (of machine part) 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 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 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) 倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats) 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 倒着 倒著 dào zhe backwards / in reverse / upside down 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) 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 逆 nì contrary / opposite / backwards / to go against / to oppose / to betray / to rebel 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 倒背如流 dào bèi rú liú to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards) 岁月如流 歲月如流 suì yuè rú liú the passage of the years / the flow of time 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 来回来去地 來回來去地 lái huí lái qù de backwards and forwards 倒放 dào fàng to place upside down / to play (a video) backwards 倒开 倒開 dào kāi to reverse a vehicle / to drive backwards 坐坡 zuò pō kick-back / bribe / to sit leaning backwards (dialect) (slang) 往复运动 往復運動 wǎng fù yùn dòng backwards and forwards action (e.g. of piston or pump) / reciprocating motion 拼命讨好 拼命討好 pīn mìng tǎo hǎo to throw oneself at sb or sth / to bend over backwards to help 朝后 朝後 cháo hòu backwards / facing back 洏 ér to flow (as water or tears) 湋 wéi to flow back (of water) 漎 cóng a place where small streams flow into a large one 潀 cóng gather / flow into (water) / sound of waters flowing together 密度流 mì dù liú density current / geostrophic flow 交彙 jiāo huì variant of 交匯|交汇 / to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation 岩浆流 岩漿流 yán jiāng liú lava flow 从谏如流 從諫如流 cóng jiàn rú liú to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom) / to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors) syn 旋流 xuán liú rotating flow 江迅 jiāng xùn a rushing flow 流程表 liú chéng biǎo flow chart 流变 流變 liú biàn to flow and change / development and change (of society) 液流 yè liú stream / flow of liquid 