悬河 (懸河)
xuán hé
Pinyin

Definition

悬河 (懸河)
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xuán hé
  1. "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain)
  2. (literary) waterfall
  3. cataract
  4. (fig.) torrent of words

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
Tiān hé
  1. 1 Milky Way
  2. 2 Tianhe district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
  1. 1 river
  2. 2 classifier: 条 tiáo
  3. 3 classifier: 道 dào
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]
Hé nán
  1. 1 Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèng zhōu]

Idioms (13)

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
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