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流逝

liú shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

流逝 (liú shì) means "(of time) to pass; to elapse". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 流逝 means

1. (of time) to pass
2. to elapse

The characters in 流逝

• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 逝shì(of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die

Example sentences

• 她的美貌会随着时间而流逝。
  Tā de měimào huì suí zhe shíjiān ér liúshì.
  Her beauty will fade in time.
• 黑洞周围的时间要流逝得慢得多。
  Hēidòng zhōuwéi de shíjiān yào liúshì de màn de duō.
  Time ticks by more slowly around a black hole.
• 随着时间的流逝，这些克里奥尔语成为了独立的语言：西班牙语，法语，意大利语等等。
  Suízhe shíjiān de liúshì, zhèxiē kèlǐ'ào'ěryǔ chéngwéi le dúlì de yǔyán: Xībānyáyǔ, Fǎyǔ, Yìdàlìyǔ děngděng.
  As more time passed, these Creoles became separate languages: Spanish, French, Italian, etc.
• 但与此同时，它却在消逝：时间无可挽回地流逝， 而我们却四处游荡，成为我们对细节的热爱的囚徒。
  But meanwhile it flees: time flees irretrievably, while we wander around, prisoners of our love of detail.

Words containing 流逝

• 岁月流逝suì yuè liú shìas time goes by (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read liú shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 刘奭Liu Shi, personal name of Han Emperor Yuandi 汉元帝

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