中流

zhōngliú

noun #52,728

Meanings

1 midstream
2 middle of a river
3 middle reaches

Characters

Examples

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.

他是公司里的中流砥柱。

Tā shì gōngsī lǐ de zhōngliú dǐzhù.

He is the mainstay of the company.

Tips

memory

Lives most often inside 中流砥柱 (zhōngliú dǐzhù, '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