川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
an unending stream (of people or traffic)
Character by character
川chuān
river
river
流liú
flow
flow
不bù
not
not
息xī
cease
cease
Example
街上的行人川流不息。
An endless stream of people moves along the street.
Tone: neutral.
Usage and origin
Write 川 (river), not 穿.
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