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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
(of water, people, thoughts etc) to surge; to well up and flow; to move in waves
to limit the flow of passengers, customers or vehicles / to limit the spread of sensitive content / (electricity) current limiting / (computer networking) rate limiting
to have a cash flow problem
to flow into; inflow
HSK 7-9
to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
HSK 5
to do something at one go / to flow smoothly
to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry) / to recite with ease / catchy (of a song)
the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
to flow backwards / reverse flow
to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
to flow
HSK 7-9
direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward
HSK 7-9
to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent)
outflow / to flow out / to drain
to rotate / to circulate (cash, stock etc) / turnover / circulation / cash 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
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  *瀉* | 瀉* | *瀉
to flow out swiftly / to flood / a torrent / diarrhea / laxative
HSK 7-9
(medicine) (of blood) to flow back into the IV tube / (gaming) to restore health points; (fig.) to recover (to some extent)
to flow freely (of air) / to ventilate / to breathe (of fabric etc) / to take a breath of fresh air / to divulge
HSK 7-9
to converge / to flow together / fig. to act alike / to evolve together
to flow into / to converge (of river) / (computing) to import (data)
to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage)
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
to circulate / to flow (esp. capital) / to intermingle / to merge / to become assimilated
to flow out; to issue; to leak
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  *㳘* | 㳘* | *㳘
(literary) (of a mountain stream) to flow down / (onom.) sound of flowing water
to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current
to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation
to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
to flow steadily / direct current (DC)
(medicine) to unblock breastmilk flow (of a nursing mother with clogged milk ducts)
to flow / to flood
river that flows only within a country's borders; inland waterway (esp. for transportation, in contrast to coastal or maritime waters)
to diverge; to divert; to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs); to reassign (redundant staff)
(of clothes, hair etc) to hang down and cover / to flow down
to sail against the current / (fig.) to go against the flow
to drip / to flow out / to sprinkle
period of plentiful water supply, with increased river flow due to snowmelt or higher rainfall
to leak / to flow / to catch on fire
to flow and change / development and change (of society)
a trickle / tiny stream / sluggish / to flow sluggishly
to go with the flow; to accept things as they come
conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM)
folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation
lit. clouds scatter, wind flows (idiom); the crisis settles down / people disperse home / things return to normal
to overflow / transverse flow / to flow over / cross flow
to cascade down / to flow in torrents / (fig.) outpouring (of emotions)
illness having to do with obstruction of urine flow / (Chinese medicine) / retention of urine
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *注* | 注* | *注
(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject / (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point; to concentrate / (bound form) stake (in gambling) / classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of light / variant of 註|注
HSK 7-9
lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little
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 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 control flow / to choke / weir valve / a throttle / a choke
to flow into / to converge
to drift with the waves and yield to the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *洏* | 洏* | *洏
to flow (as water or tears)
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  *湋* | 湋* | *湋
to flow back (of water)
variant of 交匯|交汇 / to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation


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