流水 [－－]

Jyutping lau4 seoi2
Pinyin liú shuǐ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. running water
  2. (business) turnover
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    流​動​嘅​水
    running/flowing water
    • 小橋流水
      小桥流水
      siu2 kiu4 lau4 seoi2
      a bridge over running water
    • 流水連綿不絕。
      流水连绵不绝。
      lau4 seoi2 lin4 min4 bat1 zyut6.
      The water never stops running.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, figuratively
    something flowing rapidly, continually or irreversibly like water
  2. noun, figuratively
    turnover
    (syn.) 营业额, 營業額
  3. noun
    flowing water
  4. name
    Liushui (a town in Yicheng, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)
  5. name
    Liushui (a town in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #2692
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    流水不腐，户枢不蛀。
    流水不腐，户樞不蛀。
    liú shuǐ bù fǔ ， hù shū bù zhù 。
    • Too much rest is rust.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢表演嘅呢套功夫，行云流水，非常自然。
    佢表演嘅呢套功夫，行雲流水，非常自然。
    keoi5 biu2 jin2 ge3 ni1 tou3 gung1 fu1, hang4 wan4 lau4 seoi2, fei1 soeng4 zi6 jin4.
    • His performance of martial arts is very natural and smooth.
  2. Cantonese
    小桥流水
    小橋流水
    siu2 kiu4 lau4 seoi2
    • a bridge over running water
  3. Cantonese
    流水连绵不绝。
    流水連綿不絕。
    lau4 seoi2 lin4 min4 bat1 zyut6.
    • The water never stops running.
  4. Cantonese
    落花流水
    落花流水
    lok6 faa1 lau4 seoi2
    • to be utterly defeated; literally: fallen blossoms and flowing water
  5. Cantonese
    铁打衙门流水官
    鐵打衙門流水官
    tit3 daa2 ngaa4 mun2 lau4 seoi2 gun1
    • The same old institute, with often substituting officers (lit. iron made government institute, running water officers)
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    一流水平
    一流水平
    yī liú shuǐ píng
    • first-class standard