川chuān❶ (河流) river;stream: 高山大 ~ high mountains and big rivers; 百 ~ 归海。 All rivers flow into the sea. ❷ (平地;平野) plain: 八百里平 ~ a vast eight hundred li plain; 米粮 ~ rich rice-producing area; 一马平 ~ a vast expanse of flat land;a great stretch of land ❸ (指四川) short for Sichuan Province: ~ 菜 Sichuan cuisine ◆川贝(母) {中药} tendril-leaved fritillary bulb;Sichuan fritillary bulb;Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae; 川剧 Sichuan opera; 川流不息 The stream never stops flowing.;a continuous flow (of);come and go in an endless flow;coming and going all the time;continually flowing out;continually going on;flowing past in an endless stream;flowing without ceasing;flow perpetually;in an endless stream;never-ending;pour in a never-ending stream;The stream flows incessantly.; 川芎 {中药} Ligusticum wallichii;the rhizome of chuan ̄xiong; 川资 travelling expenses;voyage or journey expense |