中流

zhōngliú

noun #52,728

Meanings

1 midstream
2 middle of a river
3 middle reaches

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

船到中流时，风浪突然变大。

Chuán dào zhōngliú shí, fēnglàng tūrán biàn dà.

When the boat reached midstream, the wind and waves suddenly grew fierce.

HSK 7-9

他是公司里的中流砥柱。

Tā shì gōngsī lǐ de zhōngliúdǐzhù.

He is the mainstay of the company.

Tips

memory

Lives most often inside 中流砥柱 ('pillar in midstream') - the chengyu for 'mainstay, person you can rely on in a crisis'. Picture a stone column standing firm while a river rages around it.

Stroke Order

中 zhōng

流 liú