暖流

nuǎnliú
noun #28,542

Meanings

  1. 1 warm current (ocean)
  2. 2 warm feeling; wave of warmth (figurative)

Examples

HSK 6
Běi Dàxīyáng nuǎnliú shǐ Xī'ōu qìhòu wēnhé.
The North Atlantic warm current makes the climate of Western Europe mild.
HSK 7-9
Kàndào háizi men de xiàoliǎn, tā xīnzhōng yǒngqǐ yī gǔ nuǎnliú.
Seeing the children's smiling faces, a warm feeling welled up in her heart.

Tips

usage
暖流 has both a literal geographic sense (warm ocean current, like the Kuroshio) and a figurative emotional sense (a warm feeling flowing through one's heart). The figurative use is very common in literature.

Stroke Order

nuǎn
liú