洪流 (hóng liú) — mighty torrent; powerful current (literal and metaphorical)
Definition
A powerful, surging torrent — used both literally for water and metaphorically for unstoppable forces like history or reform.
noun
mighty torrentpowerful current (literal and metaphorical)
Measure word · 股
Examples
- 洪流。Hé shuǐ xíng chéng le yí dào jù dà de hóng liú.The river water formed a mighty torrent.
- 洪流，。Lì shǐ de hóng liú gǔn gǔn xiàng qián, bù kě zǔ dǎng.The torrent of history rolls forward, unstoppable.
- 洪流。Gǎi gé de hóng liú xí juǎn le zhěng gè guó jiā.The torrent of reform swept across the entire country.
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