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水流

shuǐ liú

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

水流 (shuǐ liú) means "river; stream". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 水流 means

1. river
2. stream

The characters in 水流

• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread

Example sentences

• 水流不是很急。
  Shuǐliú bù shì hěn jí.
  The stream is not very swift.
• 这条河水流湍急。
  Zhè tiáo hé shuǐliú tuānjí.
  This river flows quickly.
• 溪水流进这个池塘里。
  Xīshuǐ liújìn zhège chítáng lǐ.
  The stream flows into the pond.
• 水流的强力把桥给冲垮了。
  Shuǐliú de qiánglì bǎ qiáo gěi chōngkuǎ le.
  The flow of the water was strong enough to wash away the bridge.
• 如水流过鸭背般毫无反应。
  Rú shuǐ liúguò yābèi bān háowú fǎnyìng.
  It's like water on a duck's back.

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