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Traditional form:

Pinyin (reading):

liù

Definitions:

  • swift current; rapids
  • (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy
  • (bound form) rain runoff from a roof
  • (bound form) roof gutter
  • classifier for rows, lines etc
  • surroundings; neighborhood
  • (dialect) to practice
  • (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc)

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