奔流 (bēn liú) — to flow swiftly; to pour (of water)

Definition

verb

to flow swiftlyto pour (of water)

奔流。
Hé shuǐ xiàng dōng bēn liú ér qù.
The river flows swiftly eastward.
，奔流。
Dà yǔ guò hòu, shān hóng bēn liú bù xī.
After the heavy rain, the mountain flood surged on without stopping.
奔流。
Rén qún cóng chē zhàn bēn liú ér chū.
The crowd poured out of the station.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

奔 (rush) describes how 流 (flow) moves.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

奔 combines 人 (person) and 止 (foot), giving the picture of a person moving on foot.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

㐬

㐬㐬流liú

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

流 has 水, water, and 㐬, which gives the sound. The water part matches meanings such as flow.