Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 流


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Meaning

to flow, to drift, to disseminate, to circulate

Pronunciation

liú

Explanation

Left: water , right: ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down: the child comes with head first, with amniotic fluid )

Mnemonic

Water as well as a newborn baby's amniotic fluid is flowing.

Radicals

Water
new born baby(Child turned upside down: the child comes with head first), below: water/amniotic fluid .)
new born baby(Character for child , but turned upside down: the baby at birth comes first.)
river
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Vocabulary

流通 liú tōng to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
流毒 liú dú to spread poison; pernicious influence
逆流 nì liú against the stream; adverse current; a counter-current; fig. reactionary tendency; to go against the trend
溪流 xī liú stream
流弊 liú bì malpractice; long-running abuse
流寇 liú kòu roving bandit; rebel band
星流霆击 xīng liú tíng jī meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development; portentous signs
逆流溯源 nì liú sù yuán to go back to the source
颠沛流离 diān pèi liú lí homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
流氓 liú máng rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior
紊流 wěn liú turbulent flow

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