断流

斷流
duànliú
to run dry (of river)

CEDICT

  1. (literally, of a river or figuratively) to dry up; to cut off
  2. to dry up; to cut off

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 断 duàn
  1. to break
  2. to snap
  3. to cut off
  4. to give up or abstain from sth
  5. to judge
  6. (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
  7. definitely
  8. decidedly
2 流 liú
  1. to flow
  2. to disseminate
  3. to circulate or spread
  4. to move or drift
  5. to degenerate
  6. to banish or send into exile
  7. stream of water or sth resembling one
  8. class, rate or grade

Containing this entry

投鞭断流 tóubiānduànliú arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army

Related entries

流干 liúgān
  1. to drain
  2. to run dry