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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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  *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 spread / to circulate / to hand down
HSK 4
flu; influenza
HSK 6
to circulate; to distribute / circulation; distribution
HSK 5
streaming media (abbr. for 流媒體|流媒体)
transient population / floating population
to flow into / to drift into / influx / inflow
HSK 7-9
salted egg custard bun; lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum)
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
flowing (of speech, writing) / fluent / smooth and easy
HSK 7-9
to shed tears
HSK 7-9
to drift about / to wander / to roam / nomadic / homeless / unsettled (e.g. population) / vagrant
HSK 7-9
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
(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
rover / vagabond / vagrant / wanderer
streaming media
to bleed / to shed blood
HSK 7-9
influenza
(of time) to pass / to elapse
flu season
assembly line / (computing) pipeline
to wander about destitute / to be stranded
pop music
meteor shower
to linger / to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home
flow speed / rate of flow
(of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom) / to leave a mark for generations to come
river basin / valley / drainage area
HSK 7-9
to sweat
course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing
HSK 7-9
to have a runny nose
flowing; shifting / fluidity; mobility / liquidity (of funds)
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
malpractice / long-running abuse
lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) / fig. constant activity prevents decay
epidemiology
stray dog
lit. flowing light and overflowing color / brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom)
to spread / to circulate / to disseminate
banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive
rumor / gossip / to spread rumors
to circulate / to hand around
street urchin / waif
malware (computing)
running water / (business) turnover
HSK 7-9
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
qualities that make sth popular or fashionable / (of a disease) epidemic
to be on the move / to roam or wander / to circulate (of goods or capital)
HSK 7-9
(financial reporting) current assets / liquid assets
flowing water does not rot
to let one's eyes rove
stray bullet
to exile / to banish / to deport / to float (logs) downstream
tassels
fluid mechanics / hydrodynamics
money in circulation / fluid funds
to flow out / to disgorge / to effuse
children of migrants
influenza virus; flu virus
streamline (physics)
flow chart
to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave) / to linger on
the unemployed workforce
to spread poison / pernicious influence
day-to-day account / current account
flowmeter
fluid
smooth and ornate / flowing (style etc)
meteor hammer (ancient weapon consisting of two iron balls connected by a chain)
to wander far from home
to have a miscarriage / (fig.) to fail; to fall through
(bird species of China) ruff (Calidris pugnax)
the crime of hooliganism
exile (as form of punishment)
lumpenproletariat (in Marxist theory)
to flow / to flood
(of an item) to fail to sell at an auction
to become a mere formality
lit. a meteor catching up with the moon / swift action (idiom)
refugee
popular jargon / catchword
destitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about / displaced
rogue state
(medicine) liquid food
turnover (of staff)
meteoroid
rhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite)
to drool; to salivate / (fig.) to covet; to lust after
tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style

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