upper reaches pl

dirty ⇒ 下流的玩笑 xiàliú de wánxiào → dirty jokes

( 指河流 ) the middle reaches

( 指河流 ) main current

exchange ⇒ 交流学习经验 jiāoliú xuéxí jīngyàn → exchange learning techniques ⇒ 老师们就传统教育问题交流了看法。 Lǎoshīmen jiù chuántǒng jiàoyù wèntí jiāoliúle kànfǎ. → The teachers exchanged views on traditional education.

be up to standard ⇒ 他写的小说不入流。 Tā xiě de xiǎoshuō bù rùliú. → His novel isn't up to standard.

( 汇合 ) merge

celebrity

drain ⇒ 中国的很多人才外流到国外。 Zhōngguó de hěn duō réncái wàiliú dào guówài. → There is a major brain drain from China to other countries.

rush

cold spell

trunk stream

dam

( 指江河 ) tributary

( 地理 ) warm current

inferior

air flow

( 江河统称 ) river

river

( 医 ) have an abortion

spread ( pt , pp spread )

fluid

fluent ⇒ 他讲一口非常流利的英语。 Tā jiǎng yī kǒu fēicháng liúlì de Yīngyǔ. → He speaks completely fluent English.

( 移动 ) flow

basin

erode

abuse

the flu

exile

meteor

spread evil influence ( pt , pp spread )

( 指行为 ) perversion

( 流动水 ) running water

school

roam about

flow

graceful

( 指水流 ) course

go on the run

drift about

be fashionable ⇒ 这种服装开始流行起来。 Zhè zhǒng fúzhuāng kāishǐ liúxíng qǐlái. → These clothes are becoming fashionable. ⇒ 流行音乐 liúxíng yīnyuè → pop music

gossip

circulate ⇒ 货币流通 huòbì liútōng → circulation of money

reveal

whirlpool

brook

drift

( 水流 ) tide

( 热气流 ) warm front

electric current