"Stream" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 liú chéng course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing
 shuǐ liú river / stream
 xī liú stream
 xī jiàn stream / mountain gorge
 bāng stream / creek
 kuài drain / stream
 yè liú stream / flow of liquid
 chuàn liú to stream (online)
 zhǔ liú main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc)
 rén liú stream of people / abortion / abbr. for 人工流產|人工流产[ren2 gong1 liu2 chan3]
 qì liú stream of air / airflow / slipstream / draft / breath / turbulence (of aircraft)
 yuán yuán bù duàn a steady flow (idiom) / an unending stream
 luò yì bù jué continuously / in an endless stream (idiom)
 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream
 nì liú against the stream / adverse current / a countercurrent / fig. reactionary tendency / to go against the trend
 shù jù liú data stream / data flow
 chē shuǐ mǎ lóng endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic
 shuǐ zhù stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet) / jet of water
 sù sù very slight sound / rustling (onom.) / to stream down (of tears) / luxuriant growth (of vegetation)
 juān juān a trickle / tiny stream / sluggish / to flow sluggishly
 shān jiàn mountain stream
 chuān liú bù xī the stream flows without stopping (idiom) / unending flow
 gàn liú main stream (of a river)
 yì shí liú stream of consciousness (in literature)
 liú to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade
 làn shāng lit. floating wine goblets on a stream / the origin (of some phenomenon)
 fú liú hidden stream / ground stream
 juān dī tiny stream / trickle / drops / tiny trickle of funds
 qú big / stream or canal / drain / ditch / CL:條|条[tiao2] / him (dialect) / outer rim of a carriage wheel (old)
 jiàn mountain stream
 chà branching stream
 sì stream which returns after branching
 jié bào pín chuán victory reports pour in (idiom) / news of success in an endless stream
线 yǐ zhǒng shè xiàn beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay)
穿 hù xiàn wèi chuān an endless stream of visitors (idiom)
 tóu biān duàn liú arms enough to stem the stream (idiom) / formidable army
 xiāng huǒ bù jué an unending stream of pilgrims
 chà liú branch stream
 lì cross stream by stepping on stones
 shè guò to ford (a stream, river etc)
 xī mountain stream / creek
 yǎn the appearance of a mountain, as if two pots were standing one upon the other / the steep bank of a stream a rough mountain path
 yīn to restrain / to dam a stream and change its direction / a mound
 kuài bān advanced stream (in school) / express (train, bus etc)
 màn bān remedial stream (in school)
 tīng qū a bend in a stream
 tīng zhōu shoal / islet in a stream
 tīng zhǔ shoal / islet in a stream
沿 yán huí to go with the stream
 juān āi tiny stream of dust / tiny things / negligible
 jiàn shuǐ mountain stream
 jiàn liú mountain stream / stream in a valley
 jiàn xī mountain stream / stream in a valley
 lì zǐ liú stream of particles / particle flow
 guò chéng wù liú process stream
  stream discharge / stream flow
 fèi wù liú waste stream
  capacity (of a stream or wind)
 bīng liú ice stream
  polar front jet stream
 bù jué yú tú to come and go in an incessant stream
 sù xī river tracing / mountain stream climbing (recreational activity)
 xiǎo qiáo liú shuǐ a small bridge over a flowing stream
穿 hù xiàn wéi chuān to have an endless stream of visitors (idiom)
 yáo (dialect) natural branching stream / (used in place names) / also pr. [xiao4]
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