倒流 dàoliú to flow backwards Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 倒流 dàoliú to flow backwards verb (of liquids) to flow from a lower to a higher level; to flow against the current 芝加哥河是世界上唯一一条倒流的河。 zhījiāgē hé shì shìjièshang wéiyī yī tiáo dàoliú de hé. The Chicago River is the only river in the world that flows backward. to flow in reverse verb to move in a direction opposite to the normal or intended progression, as with time or social trends 时间是无法倒流的。 shíjiān shì wúfǎ dàoliú de. Time cannot be turned back. to return to return to a place of origin, such as people returning to a town from the countryside or professionals returning to an industry Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 1.97 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.18 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
倒流 dàoliú to flow backwards verb (of liquids) to flow from a lower to a higher level; to flow against the current 芝加哥河是世界上唯一一条倒流的河。 zhījiāgē hé shì shìjièshang wéiyī yī tiáo dàoliú de hé. The Chicago River is the only river in the world that flows backward. to flow in reverse verb to move in a direction opposite to the normal or intended progression, as with time or social trends 时间是无法倒流的。 shíjiān shì wúfǎ dàoliú de. Time cannot be turned back. to return to return to a place of origin, such as people returning to a town from the countryside or professionals returning to an industry Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 1.97 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.18 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
