川流不息 — Chinese idiom
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
Meaning
- the stream flows without stopping ; unending flow
Character by character
- 川chuānstream, river
- 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath,
Idioms sharing a character
- 一马平川 yī mǎ píng chuān
- 海纳百川 hǎi nà bǎi chuān
- 百川归海 bǎi chuān guī hǎi
- 付之东流 fù zhī dōng liú
- 口碑流传 kǒu bēi liú chuán
- 同流合污 tóng liú hé wū
- 对答如流 duì dá rú liú
- 屁滚尿流 pì gǔn niào liú
- 从善如流 cóng shàn rú liú
- 从谏如流 cóng jiàn rú liú
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