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  *流* | 流* | *流
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
HSK 2
to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid
HSK 5
course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing
HSK 7-9
flow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic / (hydrology) discharge / data traffic; network traffic; website traffic; mobile data
HSK 7-9
to flow freely (of air) / to ventilate / to breathe (of fabric etc) / to take a breath of fresh air / to divulge
HSK 7-9
passenger flow / customer flow
HSK 7-9
to flow into / to drift into / influx / inflow
HSK 7-9
direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward
HSK 7-9
cash flow / financial balance / income and expenditure
HSK 7-9
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  *泻* | 泻* | *泻
to flow out swiftly / to flood / a torrent / diarrhea / laxative
HSK 7-9
to flow
HSK 7-9
road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc)
HSK 7-9
the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
HSK 7-9
to flow steadily / direct current (DC)
to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation
volume of water / quantity of flow
to flow out / to disgorge / to effuse
to diverge; to divert; to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs); to reassign (redundant staff)
to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current
flow speed / rate of flow
to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent)
to flow and change / development and change (of society)
hyperemia (increase in blood flow) / blood congestion
to control flow / to choke / weir valve / a throttle / a choke
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
traffic / rate of traffic flow
(of liquid) to spill out; to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over; to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain; to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show; to be revealed
variant of 交匯|交汇 / to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation
laminar flow
rapid (flow of water)
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)
to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
to rotate / to circulate (cash, stock etc) / turnover / circulation / cash flow
to circulate / to flow (esp. capital) / to intermingle / to merge / to become assimilated
to overflow / transverse flow / to flow over / cross flow
a trickle / tiny stream / sluggish / to flow sluggishly
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
river / river flow / current
to sail against the current / (fig.) to go against the flow
to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage)
lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally
conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM)
lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little
to leak / to flow / to catch on fire
deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt
to converge / to flow together / fig. to act alike / to evolve together
outflow / to flow out / to drain
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *潺* | 潺* | *潺
flow / trickle (of water)
lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes
to do something at one go / to flow smoothly
rotating flow
to flow backwards / reverse flow
to drip / to flow out / to sprinkle
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  *泇* | 泇* | *泇
the name of a river that flows through Shandong and Jiangsu
lit. the brush flows with the fluidity of a dragon or snake (idiom) / fig. (of brushwork, esp for calligraphy) lively; vigorous
to cascade down / to flow in torrents / (fig.) outpouring (of emotions)
turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends
to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation
to flow / to flood
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  *㳘* | 㳘* | *㳘
(literary) (of a mountain stream) to flow down / (onom.) sound of flowing water
(PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities / rural migrant without definite prospects / drifter
mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle
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  *潀* | 潀* | *潀
gather / flow into (water) / sound of waters flowing together
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  *漎* | 漎* | *漎
a place where small streams flow into a large one
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  *洏* | 洏* | *洏
to flow (as water or tears)
(linguistics) flow of speech
flow chart
to flow into / to converge (of river) / (computing) to import (data)
reverse flow of 氣|气 (TCM)
blood flow
lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)
data stream / data flow
to limit the flow of passengers, customers or vehicles / to limit the spread of sensitive content / (electricity) current limiting / (computer networking) rate limiting
turbulent flow
to flow into / to converge
illness having to do with obstruction of urine flow / (Chinese medicine) / retention of urine
cash flow
period of plentiful water supply, with increased river flow due to snowmelt or higher rainfall
(medicine) (of blood) to flow back into the IV tube / (gaming) to restore health points; (fig.) to recover (to some extent)
the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
cash flow statement
(psychology) flow / being "in the zone"
(of clothes, hair etc) to hang down and cover / to flow down
Miluo river in Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, flows into Dongting lake
(Tw) debris flow / mudslide
the passage of the years / the flow of time
flow chart
lava flow
pyroclastic flow
to have a cash flow problem
stream / flow of liquid
stream of particles / particle flow
lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge
flow of air / draft
Nanjiao River (Shandong province, flows into Qingdao harbor)
lava flow
the two mass scuttling operations carried out by the German navy: the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 and Operation Regenbogen, the scuttling of U-boats in 1945
to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry) / to recite with ease / catchy (of a song)
to flow back (of water)

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