寒流

hánliú
noun #44,423

Meanings

  1. 1 cold air current, cold front
  2. 2 cold ocean current

Examples

Yī gǔ hánliú nán xià, qìwēn zhòu jiàng.
A cold front moved south and temperatures plunged.
Hánliú lái le, bié wàng le jiā yīfu.
The cold front has arrived — don't forget to layer up.

Tips

usage
Weather-report staple, often used interchangeably with 寒潮 'cold wave'. 寒流 has two technical senses: the meteorological cold front that rushes south from Siberia in winter, and the oceanographic cold ocean current.

Stroke Order

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