流

流居

liú jū

to live in exile

者流

zhě liú

(after a personal attribute) people who have that attribute; people of that type

迳流

jìng liú

runoff

双一流

shuāng yī liú

Double First-Class University Plan, Chinese government project to develop both a group of Chinese universities and a group of subject disciplines to be world-class by 2050, implemented from 2017

镇流器

zhèn liú qì

electrical ballast

铁打的衙门，流水的官

tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān

lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)

长江流域

cháng jiāng liú yù

Changjiang or Yangtze river basin

长流水，不断线

cháng liú shuǐ , bù duàn xiàn

continuous and patient effort (idiom)

开源节流

kāi yuán jié liú

lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending

限流

xiàn liú

to limit the flow of passengers, customers or vehicles

随大流

suí dà liú

to follow the crowd

随波逐流

suí bō zhú liú

to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly