流水

running water / (business) turnover

to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade

surname Shui

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

assembly line / (computing) pipeline

lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced

a small bridge over a flowing stream

banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive

variant of 流水賬|流水账[liu2 shui3 zhang4]

flowing water does not rot

day-to-day account / current account

lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom) / fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love)

to be in a sorry state / to be utterly defeated

lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) / fig. constant activity prevents decay