两河流域
liǎng hé liú yù
Pinyin

Definition

两河流域
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liǎng hé liú yù
  1. Mesopotamia

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一流
yī liú
  1. 1 top quality
  2. 2 front ranking
交流
jiāo liú
  1. 1 to exchange
  2. 2 exchange
  3. 3 communication
  4. 4 interaction
  5. 5 to have social contact (with sb)
河
hé
  1. 1 river
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo],道[dào]
河北
Hé běi
  1. 1 Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí jiā zhuāng]
河南
Hé nán
  1. 1 Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèng zhōu]
流
liú
  1. 1 to flow
  2. 2 to disseminate
  3. 3 to circulate or spread
  4. 4 to move or drift
  5. 5 to degenerate
  6. 6 to banish or send into exile
  7. 7 stream of water or sth resembling one
  8. 8 class, rate or grade
流年
liú nián
  1. 1 fleeting time
  2. 2 horoscope for the year
流星
liú xīng
  1. 1 meteor
  2. 2 shooting star
流星雨
liú xīng yǔ
  1. 1 meteor shower
流氓
liú máng
  1. 1 rogue
  2. 2 hoodlum
  3. 3 gangster
  4. 4 immoral behavior
流浪
liú làng
  1. 1 to drift about
  2. 2 to wander
  3. 3 to roam
  4. 4 nomadic
  5. 5 homeless
  6. 6 unsettled (e.g. population)
  7. 7 vagrant
流泪
liú lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears
流行
liú xíng
  1. 1 (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
  2. 2 to propagate
  3. 3 (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
  4. 4 fashionable
流逝
liú shì
  1. 1 (of time) to pass
  2. 2 to elapse
流量
liú liàng
  1. 1 flow rate
  2. 2 rate
  3. 3 throughput
  4. 4 site traffic (Internet)
泪流满面
lèi liú mǎn miàn
  1. 1 cheeks streaming with tears (idiom)
潮流
cháo liú
  1. 1 tide
  2. 2 current
  3. 3 trend
领域
lǐng yù
  1. 1 domain
  2. 2 sphere
  3. 3 field
  4. 4 territory
  5. 5 area
风流
fēng liú
  1. 1 distinguished and accomplished
  2. 2 outstanding
  3. 3 talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle
  4. 4 romantic
  5. 5 dissolute
  6. 6 loose
上流
shàng liú
  1. 1 upper class

Idioms (20)

不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú
  1. 1 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
口碑流传
kǒu bēi liú chuán
  1. 1 widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
  1. 1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
  3. 3 glib
  4. 4 voluble
  5. 5 have the gift of the gab
同流合污
tóng liú hé wū
  1. 1 to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn
  1. 1 Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
  2. 2 Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
对答如流
duì dá rú liú
  1. 1 able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer
屁滚尿流
pì gǔn niào liú
  1. 1 to piss in one's pants in terror (idiom); scared witless
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
从善如流
cóng shàn rú liú
  1. 1 readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views
从谏如流
cóng jiàn rú liú
  1. 1 to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
  1. 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
投鞭断流
tóu biān duàn liú
  1. 1 arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
摸着石头过河
mō zhe shí tou guò hé
  1. 1 to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom)
  2. 2 to advance cautiously, step by step
  3. 3 to feel one's way forward
星流电击
xīng liú diàn jī
  1. 1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
  2. 2 portentous signs
星流霆击
xīng liú tíng jī
  1. 1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
  2. 2 portentous signs
暴虎冯河
bào hǔ píng hé
  1. 1 lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display foolhardy courage
枕石漱流
zhěn shí shù liú
  1. 1 to live a hermit's life (in seclusion)
  2. 2 a frugal life (idiom)

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