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下流 meaning in English

xiàliú

lower course of a river; low-class

13 strokes

Meaning of 下流

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiàliú
  1. lower course of a river
  2. low-class
  3. mean and lowly
  4. vulgar
  5. obscene

下流 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ不bù讨tǎo厌yàn听tīng你nǐ说shuō些xiē下xià流liú的de话huà。
I like it when you talk dirty to me!
河hé从cóng桥qiáo下xià流liú过guò。
The river flows under the bridge.
开kāi口kǒu要yào有yǒu礼lǐ貌mào，不bù讲jiǎng下xià流liú话huà。
One must be respectful when speaking, and not say obscene things.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

下 xià · down · 3 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3

流 liú · to flow · 10 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  9. 9
  10. 10

Related words

Words that share a character with 下流.

坐下zuò xiato sit down
下次xià cìnext time
下午xiàwǔafternoon; p.m.
下车xià chēto get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
楼下lóu xiàdownstairs
下班xiàbānto finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
下雨xià yǔto rain
下课xiàkèto finish class; to get out of class
下边xiàbianunder; the underside
一下儿yīxiàrerhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]
留下liúxiato leave behind; to stay behind
放下fàngxiato lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside

Questions about 下流

What does 下流 mean?

下流 (xiàliú) means "lower course of a river; low-class".

How do you write 下流?

下流 is made of 2 characters: 下 (3 strokes), 流 (10 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.