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主流

zhǔliú

mainstream

Many paper boats float down a river, one red boat drifts aside
Memory picture

Characters in this word

主 zhǔ

Strokes
5
Radical
丶 — dot
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 主

流 liú

Strokes
10
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 㐬 pennant
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 短视频已经成为年轻人获取信息的主流方式之一。 Duǎn shìpín yǐjīng chéngwéi niánqīng rén huòqǔ xìnxī de zhǔliú fāngshì zhī yī. Short videos have already become one of the mainstream ways for young people to obtain information.
  • 这种音乐在年轻人中已经成为主流。 Zhè zhǒng yīnyuè zài niánqīng rén zhōng yǐjīng chéngwéi zhǔliú. This kind of music has already become mainstream among young people.
  • 他的看法和主流意见不太一样。 Tā de kànfǎ hé zhǔliú yìjiàn bú tài yīyàng. His view is not quite the same as the mainstream opinion.

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