川流不息 meaning in English

chuānliú-bùxī

the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow

HSK 7-927 strokes

Meaning of 川流不息

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chuānliúbùxī
  1. the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow

川流不息 in example sentences

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

移yí民mín川chuān流liú不bù息xī地dì进jìn入rù这zhè个ge国guó家jiā。
The immigrants entered the country in a steady flow.

Stroke order for each character

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川 chuān · stream · 3 strokes

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流 liú · to flow · 10 strokes

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不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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息 xī · to end · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 川流不息.

对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
休息xiūxirest; to rest
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
不对bùduìincorrect; wrong
不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome; don't mention it
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
不过bùguòonly; merely
不错bùcuòcorrect; right
不行bùxíngwon't do; be out of the question
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct

Questions about 川流不息

What does 川流不息 mean?

川流不息 (chuānliú-bùxī) means "the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow".

How do you write 川流不息?

川流不息 is made of 4 characters: 川 (3 strokes), 流 (10 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 息 (10 strokes). That is 27 strokes in total.

Is 川流不息 an HSK word?

Yes. 川流不息 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.