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風流
简 风流 · 繁 風流Mandarin · pinyin fēng liú
Meanings
- distinguished and accomplished
- outstanding
- talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle
- romantic
- dissolute
- loose
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1–2 · feng1 liu2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fung1 lau4
Cantonese word readings for 風流. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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adj
- distinguished and admirable; elegant and tasteful
- talented and unrestrained; outstanding
- amorous; romantic; relating to affairs
- loose; dissolute; licentious; promiscuous
noun
- (figurative) (literally, "wind and flow") — influence
- (figurative) (literally, "wind and flow") — customs; social mores
- (figurative) (literally, "wind and flow") — manners; conducts; way of life
- (figurative) (literally, "wind and flow") — artistic style; taste; character (of works of art)
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