流水

• ピンイン: liú shuǐ
• 漢字の分解: 流 = 氵+ 㐬 (flowing); 水 = pictograph of flowing water

意味

流れる水。転じて、売上などの回転・流れ（流れ作業など）

Literally means flowing water, but appears in many compound expressions: 流水线 (assembly line), 流水账 (running account), and the idiom 流水不腐 (running water does not stagnate — implying that constant activity keeps things healthy). Used both literally and figuratively.

例文

1. 山间溪流的流水声清脆悦耳，让人忘却了城市中的喧嚣。
2. 工厂引进了先进的流水作业系统，大幅提升了生产效率。
3. 他随手记了一份流水账，记录了这次旅途中所有的开销。

使い方ガイド

場面: nature, business, idiom

トーン: neutral

正しい言い方

• 这条山涧的流水终年不断，是附近村庄重要的饮用水来源。(The flowing water of this mountain stream never stops throughout the year and is an important drinking water source for nearby villages.)
• 他们将原有工序改造为流水作业，效率提高了将近三倍。(They converted the original process into an assembly-line workflow, improving efficiency by nearly three times.)

避ける言い方

• 将流水账误解为负面意思 — 流水账 simply means a running account or detailed itemised record, not necessarily a criticism (Don't assume 流水账 is pejorative — it just means a detailed itemised record of income and expenditure)

起源と歴史

流 (to flow) + 水 (water)

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal