like: dòng suối → →
der Bach ☊ 
dòng suối ☊ 
☊ a mill beside a stream ☊ beside ☊
There was a stream at the bottom of the garden. ☊ bottom ☊
It was so cold that the stream had frozen solid. ☊ solid ☊
The stream has dried up. ☊ up ☊
川流不息 → ☊ chuan1liu2bu4xi1 
the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow ☊ Dòng suối ☊ 
dòng suối 
stream der Bach ☊ dòng suối ☊ ☊