流水席

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

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

running water / (business) turnover

surname Shui

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

surname Xi

woven mat / seat / banquet / place in a democratic assembly / classifier for banquets, conversations etc

variant of 席[xi2] / woven mat