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流行

liú xíng

HSK 2 · word 847 of 3,000

Meaning

• (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate
• (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable

Example sentence

Characters in 流行

• 流 liú to flow
• 行 xíng (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel

流 to flow plus 行, to travel. What flows around, hence popular — and of a disease, spreading.

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