n. (Hira=りゅう) style, method, manner, way

v. (Hira=ながれる) stream, flow; flush, pour in

v. (Trad=流, Pinyin=liu2) flow, stream, spread, banish

n. (Trad=流, Pinyin=liu2) blast, grade, stream, class, rate, flux

adj. (Trad=流, Pinyin=liu2) drifting, wandering, baneful, fleeting

v. (Simp=流, Pinyin=liu2) flow, stream, spread, banish

n. (Simp=流, Pinyin=liu2) blast, grade, stream, class, rate, flux

adj. (Simp=流, Pinyin=liu2) drifting, wandering, baneful, fleeting

[流] (1) a style; a type; a mode; a manner; a way; a system
(2) order; rate; class; rank

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[類] (1) a class (of insects, ferns)
(2) an order (of carnivores, hymenoptera)
(3) a type; a style; a mode

cong2 shan4 ru2 liu2
Following advice as swiftly as a stream flows.
Accepting good advice readily.

tou2 bian1 duan4 liu2
Throwing in whips and stopping a river.
Describing an army so vast and powerful that if each man flings his whip into the Yangtze, the flow of the river may be stopped.

liu2 lian2 wang4 fan3
Enjoying oneself so much as to forget to go home.
(No further explanation)

gao1 shan1 liu2 shui3
High mountains and flowing water.
A way to describe beautiful music and a metaphor to describe close friends and true frindship.