流水線

assembly line / (computing) pipeline

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

thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)