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寒流

hán liú

2-character word

What 寒流 means

1. cold air current
2. cold ocean current
3. cold stream

The characters in 寒流

• 寒háncold; poor; to tremble
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread

Example sentences

• 一股寒流侵袭了欧洲。
  Yī gǔ hánliú qīnxí le ōuzhōu.
  A cold snap spread across Europe.

Sounds the same

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