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Jyutping zung1 lau4
Pinyin zhōng liú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. midstream
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    middle reaches of a river
  2. noun, figuratively
    middle level; mediocrity
  3. noun
    midstream of a river
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    经期前后间唔中流啡冇乜嘢,但系如果持续两三个月,就去睇医生检查稳阵啲喇。
    經期前後間唔中流啡冇乜嘢,但係如果持續兩三個月,就去睇醫生檢查穩陣啲喇。
    ging1 kei4 cin4 hau6 gaan3 m4 zung1 lau4 fe1 mou5 mat1 je5, d日an6 hai6 jyu4 gwo2 ci4 zuk6 loeng2 saam1 go3 jyut6, zau6 heoi3 tai2 ji1 sang1 gim2 caa4 wan2 zan6 di1 laa3.
    • Occasional spotting around menstrual periods is usually trivial, but if it persists for two to three months, it is better to get checked up by a doctor.
  2. Cantonese
    中流砥柱
    中流砥柱
    • mainstay; cornerstone
  3. Cantonese
    阿修系足球队嘅中流砥柱。
    阿修係足球隊嘅中流砥柱。
    aa3 sau1 hai6 zuk1 kau4 deoi2 ge3 zung1 lau4 dai2 cyu5.
    • Ah-sau is the mainstay of the football team.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    他们缺乏建设性,破坏有余而建设不足,在参加革命以后,就又成为革命队伍中流寇主义和无政府思想的来源。
    他們缺乏建設性,破壞有餘而建設不足,在參加革命以後,就又成為革命隊伍中流寇主義和無政府思想的來源。
    tā men quē fá jiàn shè xìng , pò huài yǒu yú ér jiàn shè bù zú , zài cān jiā gé mìng yǐ hòu , jiù yòu chéng wéi gé mìng duì wǔ zhōng liú kòu zhǔ yì hé wú zhèng fǔ sī xiǎng de lái yuán .
    • These people lack constructive qualities and are given to destruction rather than construction; after joining the revolution, they become a source of roving-rebel and anarchist ideology in the revolutionary ranks.