河曲 - Hequ county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi - He2 qu3 | Definition

不到黄河心不死

bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ

1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
3 to keep going while some hope is left

信口开河

xìn kǒu kāi hé

1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
2 to blurt sth out

口若悬河

kǒu ruò xuán hé

1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
2 eloquent
3 glib
4 voluble
5 have the gift of the gab

恒河沙数

Héng hé shā shù

1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)

摸着石头过河

mō zhe shí tou guò hé

1 to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom)
2 to advance cautiously, step by step
3 to feel one's way forward

是非曲直

shì fēi qū zhí

1 lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits
2 pros and cons

暴虎冯河

bào hǔ píng hé

1 lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)
2 fig. to display foolhardy courage

曲突徙薪

qū tū xǐ xīn

1 lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)
2 fig. to take preventive measures

曲终奏雅

qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ

1 perfect finish (idiom)

曲肱而枕

qū gōng ér zhěn

1 lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom)
2 fig. content with simple things

曲里拐弯

qū lǐ guǎi wān

1 winding and turning (idiom)

曲高和寡

qǔ gāo hè guǎ

1 difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
2 highbrow

江河日下

jiāng hé rì xià

1 rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse
2 deteriorating day by day

河东狮吼

Hé dōng shī hǒu

1 lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom)
2 fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband

河水不犯井水

hé shuǐ bù fàn jǐng shuǐ

1 lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom); Do not interfere with one another.
2 Mind your own business.

河清海晏

hé qīng hǎi yàn

1 the Yellow River is clear and the sea is calm
2 the world is at peace (idiom)

牵马到河易，强马饮水难

qiān mǎ dào hé yì , qiǎng mǎ yǐn shuǐ nán

1 You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiom)

异曲同工

yì qǔ tóng gōng

1 different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)
2 different methods leading to the same result
3 different approach but equally satisfactory outcome

盘旋曲折

pán xuán qū zhé

1 lit. windy and circuitous
2 difficult (idiom)

血流成河

xuè liú chéng hé

1 rivers of blood (idiom)
2 bloodbath

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