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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 流

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Pinyin liú

Radical

氵

Strokes

Definition

to flow / to spread / to circulate / to move

Usage

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痛哭流涕 tòng kū liú tì

weeping bitter tears

溢流坝 yì liú bà

overflow dam

流域 liú yù

river basin / valley / drainage area

长江流域 Cháng jiāng liú yù

Changjiang or Yangtze river basin

流通领域 liú tōng lǐng yù

circulation domain

黄河流域 Huáng Hé liú yù

the Yellow River basin

流失 liú shī

drainage / to run off / to wash away

奔流 bēn liú

to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current

客流 kè liú

passenger flow / the number of passengers to a certain direction in a certain period

流寇 liú kòu

roving bandit / rebel band

寒流 hán liú

cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream

流寓 liú yù

stay abroad

屁滚尿流 pì gǔn niào liú

to piss in one's pants in terror (idiom); scared witless

流弊 liú bì

malpractice / long-running abuse

流光溢彩 liú guāng yì cǎi

lit. flowing light and overflowing color / brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom)

径流量 jìng liú liàng

volume of runoff

径流 jìng liú

runoff

流动 liú dòng

to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid

流连忘返 liú lián wàng fǎn

to linger / to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home

急流 jí liú

torrent

截流 jié liú

closure / dam a river

流入 liú rù

to flow into / to drift into / influx / inflow

支流 zhī liú

tributary (river)

流星 liú xīng

meteor / shooting star

暖流 nuǎn liú

warm current / (fig.) warm feeling

暖湿气流 nuǎn shī qì liú

Warm humid air

中流砥柱 zhōng liú dǐ zhù

mainstay / cornerstone / tower of strength

流氓 liú máng

rogue / hoodlum / gangster / immoral behavior

河流 hé liú

river / CL:條|条[tiao2]

小流氓 xiǎo liú máng

punk / hoodlum / hooligan / rowdy / bodgie / petty crook / little robber / young blackguard / young rascal / delinquent

耍流氓 shuǎ liú máng

behave like a hoodlum / take libertes with women / act indecently

流氓无产者 liú máng wú chǎn zhě

lumpenproletariat (in Marxist theory)

流淌 liú tǎng

to flow

水流 shuǐ liú

river / stream

汇流 huì liú

(of rivers etc) to converge / convergence

汊流 chà liú

tributary / branch of a river

流汗 liú hàn

to sweat

汗流浃背 hàn liú jiā bèi

to sweat profusely (idiom) / drenched in sweat

同流合污 tóng liú hé wū

to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others

湍流 tuān liú

turbulence

颠沛流离 diān pèi liú lí

homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight / to drift

沧海横流 cāng hǎi héng liú

The river overflowed its banks. / The general condition is chaotic and turbulent.

流泉 liú quán

Flow spring

泥石流 ní shí liú

landslide / torrent of mud and stones / mudslide

流泪 liú lèi

to shed tears

泪流满面 lèi liú mǎn miàn

cheeks streaming with tears (idiom)

流泻 liú xiè

to flow / to flood

洪流 hóng liú

a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas)

流派 liú pài

tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style

流通 liú tōng

to circulate / to distribute / circulation / distribution

流通股 liú tōng gǔ

circulation stock / outstanding shares / tradable share / circulating shares

流行 liú xíng

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable

一流 yī liú

top quality / front ranking

流量 liú liàng

flow rate / rate / throughput / site traffic (Internet)

主流 zhǔ liú

main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc)

分流 fēn liú

bypass

潮流 cháo liú

tide / current / trend

电流 diàn liú

electric current

流经 liú jīng

flow through

浊流 zhuó liú

turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends

流浪 liú làng

to drift about / to wander / to roam / nomadic / homeless / unsettled (e.g. population) / vagrant

流浪者 liú làng zhě

rover / vagabond / vagrant / wanderer

流浪汉 liú làng hàn

tramp / wanderer

涌流 yǒng liú

to gush / to spurt

流涎 liú xián

drooling / salivation / drivel / salivate

流涕 liú tì

running nose

涡流 wō liú

eddy / vortex / whirlpool / backset / bow wave

淮河流域 huái hé liú yù

Huai River basin

渗流 shèn liú

to seep / leakage

自流灌溉 zì liú guàn gài

irrigation by gravity / gravity irrigation

溢流 yì liú

effusion / spillover / overflow

流溢 liú yì

flush / spillover

溪流 xī liú

stream

漂流 piāo liú

to float on the current / to drift along or about / rafting

漂流记 piāo liú jì

Drifting

潜流 qián liú

undercurrent / underflow / subcurrent

潺潺流水 chán chán liú shuǐ

purl

激流 jī liú

torrent / torrential current / whitewater

流传 liú chuán

to spread / to circulate / to hand down

环流 huán liú

circulation / circumfluence / circumflux / ring current

珠江流域 zhū jiāng liú yù

Pearl River Basin / Pearl River Drainage Area

流畅 liú chàng

flowing (of speech, writing) / fluent / smooth and easy

盲流 máng liú

(PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities / rural migrant without definite prospects / drifter

流矢 liú shǐ

flying or stray arrow

禽流感 qín liú gǎn

bird flu / avian influenza

流亡 liú wáng

to force into exile / to be exiled / in exile

交流 jiāo liú

to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb)

干流 gàn liú

main stream (of a river)

风流倜傥 fēng liú tì tǎng

casual and elegant bearing

流程 liú chéng

course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing

流窜 liú cuàn

to roam all over the place / to go into every nook and corner / to infiltrate / (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run / to flee and try to hide

整流罩 zhěng liú zhào

fairing / cowling / false ogive

百舸争流 bǎi gě zhēng liú

Baige contends

流芳 liú fāng

to leave a good reputation

流脓 liú nóng

to discharge pus / to suppurate

流芳百世 liú fāng bǎi shì

(of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom) / to leave a mark for generations to come

流萤 liú yíng

firefly

流言蜚语 liú yán fēi yǔ

rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip / lies and slanders

流血 liú xuè

to bleed / to shed blood

血流 xuè liú

blood flow

How to write 流

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