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限流

Mandarin · pinyin xiàn liú

to limit the flow of passengers, customers or vehicles
to limit the spread of sensitive content
(electricity) current limiting
(computer networking) rate limiting

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限: xiàn · boundary, limit, line
流: liú · flow, circulate, drift; class

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4–2 · xian4 liu2

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verb

(social media) to shadowban (to allow a user to continue contributing but invisible to other users)
(Internet) to conduct a rate limit

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