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清流

qīng liú

2-character word

What 清流 means

1. clean flowing water
2. (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences
3. scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power

Other readings

清流 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Qīng liúsee {清流县|Qīng liú Xiàn}

The characters in 清流

• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread

Words starting with 清流

• 清流县Qīng liú XiànQingliu, a county in Sanming City 三明市

Words containing 清流

• 一股清流yī gǔ qīng liú(fig.) a breath of fresh air