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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 清流

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
清流 qīng liú - Qingliu, a county in Sanming City 三明市[San1ming2 Shi4], Fujian
清流 qīng liú - clean flowing water
- (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences
- scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 43,029 38,180

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qīng- Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644-1911)
- surname Qing
qīng- (of water etc) clear; clean
- quiet; still
- pure; uncorrupted
- clear; distinct
- to clear; to settle (accounts)
liú- to flow
- to disseminate
- to circulate or spread
- to move or drift
- to degenerate
- to banish or send into exile
- stream of water or sth resembling one
- class, rate or grade

Other Words Containing 清流

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo