diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/marvinelsen/cedict/api/CedictParser.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/marvinelsen/cedict/api/CedictParser.kt
index 72aa0b6..300c59b 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/marvinelsen/cedict/api/CedictParser.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/marvinelsen/cedict/api/CedictParser.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import com.marvinelsen.cedict.internal.CedictParserImpl
 import java.io.InputStream
 
 interface CedictParser {
-    fun parseCedict(inputStream: InputStream): List<CedictEntry>
+    fun parseCedict(inputStream: InputStream): Sequence<CedictEntry>
 
     companion object {
         val instance: CedictParser by lazy { CedictParserImpl() }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/marvinelsen/cedict/internal/CedictParserImpl.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/marvinelsen/cedict/internal/CedictParserImpl.kt
index 5afab6e..f64a4a9 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/marvinelsen/cedict/internal/CedictParserImpl.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/marvinelsen/cedict/internal/CedictParserImpl.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ internal class CedictParserImpl : CedictParser {
     override fun parseCedict(inputStream: InputStream) =
         inputStream
             .bufferedReader()
-            .readLines()
+            .lineSequence()
             .filterNot(::isComment)
             .map(::toCedictEntry)