流派
liú pài
Pinyin

Definition

流派
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liú pài
  1. tributary (stream)
  2. (fig.) school (of thought)
  3. genre
  4. style

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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)
派
pài
  1. 1 clique
  2. 2 school
  3. 3 group
  4. 4 faction
  5. 5 to dispatch
  6. 6 to send
  7. 7 to assign
  8. 8 to appoint
  9. 9 pi (Greek letter Ππ)
  10. 10 the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926
  11. 11 (loanword) pie
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
流星
liú xīng
  1. 1 meteor
  2. 2 shooting star
流星雨
liú xīng yǔ
  1. 1 meteor shower

Idioms (20)

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
口碑流传
kǒu bēi liú chuán
  1. 1 widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
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.

Sample Sentences

国粹是不假。但没以前那么盛行了。以前那些有空有闲的人，就爱上戏院。流派也多，各家各派争奇斗艳，可有看头了。
guócuì shì bù jiǎ 。dàn méi yǐqián nàme shèngxíng le 。yǐqián nàxiē yǒu kòng yǒu xián de rén ，jiù ài shàng xìyuàn 。liúpài yě duō ，gèpài zhēngqídòuyàn ，kě yǒu kàntou le 。
It is the quintessence of Chinese culture, but it's just not as in vogue as it used to be. In the past, people with a lot of time for leisure loved going to the theater. There were also a lot of theater schools. Each and every school was in competition with the others to be the best, most glamorous school.
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噢，听起来真深奥。太极拳分流派吗？
ō ，tīng qǐlai zhēn shēnào 。tàijíquán fēn liúpài ma ？
Oh, that sounds very profound. Are there different schools of Tai Chi?
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当然，太极拳有许多流派，不过最主要的是五大流派。
dāngrán ，tàijíquán yǒu xǔduō liúpài ，bùguò zuì zhǔyào de shì wǔ dà liúpài 。
Of course. There are many different schools of Tai Chi, but the main ones are the five key schools.
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