Chinese word dictionary

珠流璧转

zhū liú bì zhuǎn · lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time; water under the bridge

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Word information

Simplified珠流璧转

Traditional珠流璧轉

Pinyinzhū liú bì zhuǎn

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

珠zhū

gem, jewel, pearl, precious stone

流liú

to flow, to drift, to circulate; class

璧bì

a jade annulus

转zhuǎn

to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail

How to learn 珠流璧转

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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交流jiāoliú

to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb)

流liú

to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade

流利liúlì

fluent

流行liúxíng

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable

转zhuǎn

to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)

转发zhuǎnfā

to transmit; to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data); to pass on; to republish (an article from another publication)