顺流

順流

shùnliú

verb #97,557

Meanings

HSK 4

从重庆坐船顺流而下，两三天就能到宜昌。

Cóng Chóngqìng zuòchuán shùnliú ér xià, liǎngsān tiān jiù néng dào Yíchāng.

Sailing downstream from Chongqing, you can reach Yichang in two or three days.

HSK 7-9

树叶落在河里，顺流漂走了。

Shùyè luò zài hé lǐ, shùnliú piāozǒu le.

The leaves fell into the river and drifted away with the current.

usage

Most often heard in 顺流而下, to sail or drift downstream. The opposite is 逆流, against the current, as in 逆流而上.

顺 shùn

流 liú