Definition
引流 has two distinct but common meanings: in medicine, it refers to 'drainage' — the process of removing fluids from a wound or cavity; in internet/marketing contexts, it means 'traffic generation' — the practice of attracting visitors to a website, social media account, or product. Although the part of speech is listed as noun, you'll often see it in verb-like structures such as 做引流 or 引流用户. Be aware that the English gloss 'drainage' only covers the medical sense, so you need to infer the internet meaning from context.
n.
(medicine) drainagethe process of drawing off fluid from a wound or cavity(internet marketing) traffic generationthe act of directing visitors to a platform or product
Examples
- 引流,。Shǒushù hòu yīshēng zuò le yǐn liú, fángzhǐ gǎnrǎn.After the surgery, the doctor performed drainage to prevent infection.
- 引流,。Zhège gōngzhònghào de yǐn liú fāngfǎ hěn yǒuxiào, fěnsī zēngzhǎng hěn kuài.This public account's traffic-generation method is very effective; the number of followers is growing fast.
- 引流。Wǎngluò yíngxiāo zhōng zuì zhòngyào de shì zuò hǎo yǐn liú.In online marketing, the most important thing is to do good traffic generation.
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