风流 (風流)
fēng liú
Pinyin
Definition
风流 (風流)
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- distinguished and accomplished
- outstanding
- talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle
- romantic
- dissolute
- loose
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to exchange
- 2 exchange
- 3 communication
- 4 interaction
- 5 to have social contact (with sb)
- 1 to flow
- 2 to disseminate
- 3 to circulate or spread
- 4 to move or drift
- 5 to degenerate
- 6 to banish or send into exile
- 7 stream of water or sth resembling one
- 8 class, rate or grade
- 1 meteor
- 2 shooting star
- 1 meteor shower
- 1 rogue
- 2 hoodlum
- 3 gangster
- 4 immoral behavior
Idioms (20)
人往高处走,水往低处流
- 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
- 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
付之东流
- 1 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
口碑流传
- 1 widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
同流合污
- 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
- 1 Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
- 2 Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
Sample Sentences
大江东去,浪淘尽,千古风流人物。故垒西边,人道是,三国周郎赤壁。乱石崩云,惊涛裂岸,卷起千堆雪。江山如画,一时多少豪杰。
The vast Yangtze gushes endlessly eastwards, who knows how many heroes have been dashed away by its flow. Westwards of the old camp, people say are the red cliffs were Zhou Yu defeated Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms Period. There, the ragged cliffs tower into the clouds, the terrifying waves seem to want to tear at the river banks, stirring up snow-white surf in the tens of thousands. The beautiful rivers and mountains are like a painting; but how many heroic figures have been born amid them?
老蒋在感情方面也算是个风流人物,前后娶了四个老婆呢!
In terms of his love life, Old Chiang was quite a promiscuous character. In total, he had four wives!
英雄人物大概都比较风流吧!不过娶了4个老婆,只有原配生了一个蒋经国,蒋纬国还是领养的。貌似老蒋得了花柳病……
Great men are almost all promiscuous! However, he married four wives and only his first wife gave birth to Chiang Ching-kuo. Chiang Wei-kuo was adopted. It looks as if Old Chiang contracted a venereal disease.