河川
hé chuān
Pinyin

Definition

河川
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hé chuān
  1. rivers

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

四川
Sì chuān
  1. 1 Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都
夏河
Xià hé
  1. 1 Xiahe county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gān nán Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
天河
Tiān hé
  1. 1 Milky Way
  2. 2 Tianhe district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
川
Chuān
  1. 1 abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川[Sì chuān] in southwest China
河
hé
  1. 1 river
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo],道[dào]
河北
Hé běi
  1. 1 Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí jiā zhuāng]
河南
Hé nán
  1. 1 Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèng zhōu]
河流
hé liú
  1. 1 river
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
河源
Hé yuán
  1. 1 Heyuan prefecture-level city in Guangdong
河谷
hé gǔ
  1. 1 river valley
银河
Yín hé
  1. 1 Milky Way
  2. 2 our galaxy
黄河
Huáng Hé
  1. 1 Yellow River or Huang He
一马平川
yī mǎ píng chuān
  1. 1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
仁川
Rén chuān
  1. 1 Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道[Jīng jī dào], South Korea
冰川
bīng chuān
  1. 1 glacier
冰河
bīng hé
  1. 1 glacier
利川
Lì chuān
  1. 1 Lichuan county level city in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[Ēn shī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Hubei
北川
Běi chuān
  1. 1 Beichuan county level city in Mianyang prefecture 綿陽|绵阳, Sichuan
北戴河
Běi dài hé
  1. 1 Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qín huáng dǎo shì], Hebei
南川
Nán chuān
  1. 1 Nanchuan district of Fuling suburbs of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

Idioms (17)

一马平川
yī mǎ píng chuān
  1. 1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
  1. 1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
  3. 3 glib
  4. 4 voluble
  5. 5 have the gift of the gab
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
  1. 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
摸着石头过河
mō zhe shí tou guò hé
  1. 1 to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom)
  2. 2 to advance cautiously, step by step
  3. 3 to feel one's way forward
暴虎冯河
bào hǔ píng hé
  1. 1 lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display foolhardy courage
江河日下
jiāng hé rì xià
  1. 1 rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse
  2. 2 deteriorating day by day
河东狮吼
Hé dōng shī hǒu
  1. 1 lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband
河水不犯井水
hé shuǐ bù fàn jǐng shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom); Do not interfere with one another.
  2. 2 Mind your own business.
河清海晏
hé qīng hǎi yàn
  1. 1 the Yellow River is clear and the sea is calm
  2. 2 the world is at peace (idiom)
海纳百川
hǎi nà bǎi chuān
  1. 1 all rivers run into the sea
  2. 2 use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
牵马到河易，强马饮水难
qiān mǎ dào hé yì , qiǎng mǎ yǐn shuǐ nán
  1. 1 You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiom)
百川归海
bǎi chuān guī hǎi
  1. 1 all things tend in one direction (idiom)
血流成河
xuè liú chéng hé
  1. 1 rivers of blood (idiom)
  2. 2 bloodbath
过河拆桥
guò hé chāi qiáo
  1. 1 lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal

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