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溪流

xī liú

2-character word

What 溪流 means

1. stream

The characters in 溪流

• 溪xīcreek; rivulet
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread

Example sentences

• 他坐在溪流旁边。
  Tā zuò zài xīliú pángbiān.
  He sat next to the stream.
• 溪流潺潺，催我入眠。
  Xīliú chánchán, cuī wǒ rùmián.
  The murmur of the brook lulls me to sleep.
• 水从喷泉中涌出，在溪流中向下流，在溪涧中奔走，在池塘中安定，在河流中顺势流，在漩涡中回旋，并形成沼泽。
  Water springs out of a fountain, flows downwards in a brook, runs in a beck, stands in a pond, glides in the stream, is whirled about in a whirlpool and causes fens.

Sounds the same

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

• 吸留to absorb; to take in and retain