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HSK
top quality / front ranking
HSK 5
to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb)
HSK 3
fluent
HSK 2
(of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable
HSK 2
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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 spread / to circulate / to hand down
HSK 4
main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc)
HSK 6
tide / current / trend
HSK 4
to alternate; to take turns
HSK 7-9
flu; influenza
HSK 6
to circulate; to distribute / circulation; distribution
HSK 5
passenger flow / customer flow
HSK 7-9
streaming media (abbr. for 流媒體|流媒体)
second-rate / second-tier
transient population / floating population
river / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
to limit the flow of passengers, customers or vehicles / to limit the spread of sensitive content / (electricity) current limiting / (computer networking) rate limiting
lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge
bird flu / avian influenza
ammeter
to flow into / to drift into / influx / inflow
HSK 7-9
against the stream / adverse current / a countercurrent / fig. reactionary tendency / to go against the trend
salted egg custard bun; lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum)
upper class
HSK 7-9
to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid
HSK 5
rogue / hoodlum / gangster / immoral behavior
HSK 7-9
Beiliu, a county-level city in Yulin City 玉林市, Guangxi
flowing (of speech, writing) / fluent / smooth and easy
HSK 7-9
distribution (business) / logistics
HSK 7-9
distinguished and accomplished / outstanding / talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle / romantic / dissolute / loose
HSK 7-9
to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)
to shed tears
HSK 7-9
alternating current
lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)
(Tw) highway interchange / (fig.) channel of communication
to drift about / to wander / to roam / nomadic / homeless / unsettled (e.g. population) / vagrant
HSK 7-9
to follow the crowd / going with the tide
an electric current / (old) current intensity
the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
third-rate / inferior
the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
HSK 7-9
mainstay / cornerstone / tower of strength
the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家, Daoists 道家, Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家, Legalists 法家, Logicians 名家, Mohists 墨家, Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家, Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家, and Agriculturalists 農家|农家
(Tw) (of music, video etc) to be streamed; (as a noun or attributive) streaming
(of rivers etc) to converge / convergence
flow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic / (hydrology) discharge / data traffic; network traffic; website traffic; mobile data
HSK 7-9
fleeting time / horoscope for the year
to flow backwards / reverse flow
to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
the lowest professions
lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene
(of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained
HSK 7-9
to flow
HSK 7-9
direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward
HSK 7-9
to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc
HSK 7-9
to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
rover / vagabond / vagrant / wanderer
affluent / very rich
streaming media
to bleed / to shed blood
HSK 7-9
to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent)
influenza
(of time) to pass / to elapse
stream
(fig.) a breath of fresh air
flu season
assembly line / (computing) pipeline
to wander about destitute / to be stranded
pop music
turbulent flow
(Tw) debris flow / mudslide
meteor shower
to linger / to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home
abortion
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
flow speed / rate of flow
(of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom) / to leave a mark for generations to come
major epidemic / pandemic
alternating current (electricity)
inward flowing river / river flowing into desert or salt lake, e.g. Tarim river 塔里木河
river basin / valley / drainage area
HSK 7-9
to sweat
course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing
HSK 7-9
widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
to have a runny nose
(Tw) Tamiflu
to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others
ocean current
outflow / to flow out / to drain
as time goes by (idiom)
flowing; shifting / fluidity; mobility / liquidity (of funds)
(psychology) flow / being "in the zone"
meteor; shooting star / meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星錘|流星锤)
epidemic disease
to spread / to circulate / to disseminate
prevalent fashion (often used pejoratively) / vulgar customs
to bleed from the nose / (fig.) to be sexually aroused
gentry / celebrities

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