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韩流

hán liú

2-character word Traditional 韓流

What 韩流 means

1. Korean Wave, aka Hallyu (the increase in international interest in South Korea and its popular culture since the 1990s)

The characters in 韩流

• 韩HánHan, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 战国七雄…
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread

Example sentences

• 玛丽听日韩流行音乐。
  Mary listens to J-pop and K-pop.
• 最近的娱乐杂志上很多有关韩流的内容。
  The latest entertainment magazine has many Korean influences.

Sounds the same

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

• 寒流cold air current; cold ocean current; cold stream