粵

順seon6流lau4

simp顺流
seon6 lau4shun4liu2

English

  1. literally: to go with the flow; to look for work related to businesses with Mainland China [colloquial]
  2. downstream

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 同水流同一個方向

Examples

  • 一個球正順流而下。

    A ball is floating down the river.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 你很容易把母语说得通顺流畅,却很容易把非母语说得不自然。

    It's very easy to sound natural in your own native language, and very easy to sound unnatural in your non-native language.

    Tatoeba · gumblex CC BY

  • 順流而下

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Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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