流水
liú​shuǐ HSK7

running water

流水 liú​shuǐ
running water verb
flowing or running water

许多河流仅在夏季流水。

xǔ​duō hé​liú jǐn zài xià​jì liú​shuǐ.

Many rivers flow only in summer.

continuous noun
in a continuous or steady stream like flowing water; used to describe processes such as an assembly line or a non-stop banquet

他们无论到哪里都花钱如流水。

tā​men wú​lùn dào nǎ​li dōu huā qián rú liú​shuǐ.

Wherever they go they spend money like water.

turnover
business turnover; the total volume of sales or transactions as recorded in a daily ledger
quickly
(literary) quickly; at once; with speed
daily ledger
short for 流水簿子 liú​shuǐ​bù​zi (a daily account book or ledger)

Frequency
Movie subtitles
3.22 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
7.15 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)