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下流

xià liú

2-character word

What 下流 means

1. lower course of a river
2. low-class
3. mean and lowly
4. vulgar
5. obscene

The characters in 下流

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread

Example sentences

• 河从桥下流过。
  The river flows under the bridge.
• 开口要有礼貌，不讲下流话。
  One must be respectful when speaking, and not say obscene things.
• 我不讨厌听你说些下流的话。
  I like it when you talk dirty to me!
• 水从喷泉中涌出，在溪流中向下流，在溪涧中奔走，在池塘中安定，在河流中顺势流，在漩涡中回旋，并形成沼泽。
  Water springs out of a fountain, flows downwards in a brook, runs in a beck, stands in a pond, glides in the stream, is whirled about in a whirlpool and causes fens.