付诸东流
fù zhū dōng liú
Pinyin

Definition

付诸东流
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fù zhū dōng liú
  1. wasted effort

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiāo liú
  1. 1 to exchange
  2. 2 exchange
  3. 3 communication
  4. 4 interaction
  5. 5 to have social contact (with sb)
fù chū
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)
zhī fù
  1. 1 to pay (money)
liú
  1. 1 to flow
  2. 2 to disseminate
  3. 3 to circulate or spread
  4. 4 to move or drift
  5. 5 to degenerate
  6. 6 to banish or send into exile
  7. 7 stream of water or sth resembling one
  8. 8 class, rate or grade
liú máng
  1. 1 rogue
  2. 2 hoodlum
  3. 3 gangster
  4. 4 immoral behavior
liú làng
  1. 1 to drift about
  2. 2 to wander
  3. 3 to roam
  4. 4 nomadic
  5. 5 homeless
  6. 6 unsettled (e.g. population)
  7. 7 vagrant
liú lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears
liú xíng
  1. 1 (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
  2. 2 to propagate
  3. 3 (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
  4. 4 fashionable
liú liàng
  1. 1 flow rate
  2. 2 rate
  3. 3 throughput
  4. 4 site traffic (Internet)
lèi liú mǎn miàn
  1. 1 cheeks streaming with tears (idiom)
cháo liú
  1. 1 tide
  2. 2 current
  3. 3 trend
fēng liú
  1. 1 distinguished and accomplished
  2. 2 outstanding
  3. 3 talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle
  4. 4 romantic
  5. 5 dissolute
  6. 6 loose
yī liú
  1. 1 top quality
  2. 2 front ranking
shàng liú
  1. 1 upper class
xià liú
  1. 1 lower course of a river
  2. 2 low-class
  3. 3 mean and lowly
  4. 4 vulgar
  5. 5 obscene
zhǔ liú
  1. 1 main stream (of a river)
  2. 2 fig. the essential point
  3. 3 main viewpoint of a matter
  4. 4 mainstream (culture etc)
jiāo fù
  1. 1 to hand over
  2. 2 to deliver
rén liú
  1. 1 stream of people
  2. 2 abortion
  3. 3 abbr. for 人工流產|人工流产[rén gōng liú chǎn]
  1. 1 surname Fu
fù kuǎn
  1. 1 to pay a sum of money
  2. 2 payment

Idioms (20)

人往高处走,水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
付之一叹
fù zhī yī tàn
  1. 1 to dismiss with a sigh (idiom); a hopeless case
付之一叹
fù zhī yī tàn
  1. 1 to dismiss with a sigh (idiom); a hopeless case
付之一炬
fù zhī yī jù
  1. 1 to put to the torch (idiom)
  2. 2 to commit to the flames
  3. 3 to burn sth down deliberately
付之一笑
fù zhī yī xiào
  1. 1 to dismiss sth with a laugh (idiom)
  2. 2 to laugh it off
付之丙丁
fù zhī bǐng dīng
  1. 1 to burn down (idiom)
付之度外
fù zhī dù wài
  1. 1 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth without considering the risks
  3. 3 to leave out of consideration
付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú
  1. 1 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
付诸实施
fù zhū shí shī
  1. 1 to put into practice
  2. 2 to carry out (idiom)
口碑流传
kǒu bēi liú chuán
  1. 1 widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
同流合污
tóng liú hé wū
  1. 1 to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others
家丑不可外传,流言切莫轻信
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn
  1. 1 Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
  2. 2 Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
对答如流
duì dá rú liú
  1. 1 able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer
屁滚尿流
pì gǔn niào liú
  1. 1 to piss in one's pants in terror (idiom); scared witless
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
从善如流
cóng shàn rú liú
  1. 1 readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views
从谏如流
cóng jiàn rú liú
  1. 1 to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
应付自如
yìng fu zì rú
  1. 1 to handle matters with ease (idiom)
  2. 2 to hold one's own
应付裕如
yìng fu yù rú
  1. 1 handling any occasion smoothly (idiom); equal to any situation
投鞭断流
tóu biān duàn liú
  1. 1 arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army

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