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流水

liú shuǐ

2-character word

What 流水 means

1. running water
2. (business) turnover

The characters in 流水

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

Words starting with 流水

• 流水线liú shuǐ xiànassembly line; (computing) pipeline
• 流水账liú shuǐ zhàngday-to-day account; current account
• 流水席liú shuǐ xíbanquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive
• 流水不腐liú shuǐ bù fǔflowing water does not rot
• 流水不腐，户枢不蠹liú shuǐ bù fǔ , hù shū bù dùlit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom)…
• 流水帐liú shuǐ zhàngvariant of 流水账

Words containing 流水

• 行云流水xíng yún liú shuǐlit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom); fig. very natural and flowing style of…
• 落花流水luò huā liú shuǐto be in a sorry state; to be utterly defeated
• 小桥流水xiǎo qiáo liú shuǐa small bridge over a flowing stream
• 长流水，不断线cháng liú shuǐ , bù duàn xiàncontinuous and patient effort (idiom)
• 落花有意，流水无情luò huā yǒu yì , liú shuǐ wú qínglit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on…
• 铁打的衙门，流水的官tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guānlit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)…