tāo
Pinyin

Definition

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tāo
  1. overflow
  2. torrent-dash

Character Decomposition

Related Words (4)

tāo tāo bù jué
  1. 1 unceasing torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 talking non-stop
  3. 3 gabbling forty to the dozen
tāo tāo
  1. 1 torrential
tāo tiān dà zuì
  1. 1 heinous crime
zuì è tāo tiān
  1. 1 evil crimes fill heaven (idiom)

Idioms (4)

洪水滔滔
hóng shuǐ tāo tāo
  1. 1 widespread flooding (idiom)
滔滔不绝
tāo tāo bù jué
  1. 1 unceasing torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 talking non-stop
  3. 3 gabbling forty to the dozen
罪恶滔天
zuì è tāo tiān
  1. 1 evil crimes fill heaven (idiom)
万恶滔天
wàn è tāo tiān
  1. 1 so much evil that it reaches all the way to heaven (idiom)

Sample Sentences

说回来你还是顾面子!大道理你倒是滔滔不绝,等困难真的来了,你肯定哭着闹着要把妈送敬老院。
shuō huílai nǐ hái shì gù miànzi !dàdàolǐ nǐ dàoshì tāotāobùjué ,děng kùnnan zhēnde láile ,nǐ kěndìng kū zhe nào zhe yào bǎ mā sòng jìnglǎoyuàn 。
Getting back to the original topic, you really care what others think! You'll talk all day about principles. But as soon as the going gets tough, you'll be sure to cry and fuss and want to put her in a retirement home!
宋代文学家苏轼的《念奴娇》一词为宋词豪放派的代表作之一,又名《赤壁怀古》。上阙因景生情,从江水滔滔流去联想到消逝在历史长河中的英雄人物,人说赤壁为三国时代古战场,当年周公瑾在此,以弱胜强,击退曹魏,确立三国鼎立之势。
Sòng Dài wénxuéjiā Sū Shì de 《 niànnújiāo 》yī cí wèi Sòngcí háofàng pài de dàibiǎozuò zhīyī ,yòu míng 《 Chìbì huái gǔ 》。shàng què yīn jǐng shēng qíng ,cóng jiāng shuǐ tāotāo liú qù liánxiǎng dào xiāoshì zài lìshǐ cháng hé zhōng de yīngxióng rénwù ,rén shuō Chìbì wèi Sānguó shídài gǔ zhànchǎng ,dāngnián Zhōu Gōngjǐn zài cǐ ,yǐ ruò shèng strong ,jītuì Cáowèi ,quèlì Sānguó dǐnglì zhī shì 。
Song Dynasty literati Su Shi's ci poem 'The Charm of the Courtesan Niannu' is representative of the bold and unconstrained ci faction, and is also called 'Recalling the Past on the Red Cliffs'. The first section uses the landscape to set the tone, from the gurgling flow of the river we think of the historical figures who have disappeared in the river of time. It is said that the red cliffs were the site of an ancient battle during the Three Kingdoms Period. At that time Zhou Yu triumphed from a position of weakness here, forcing the Cao Wei to retreat and ensuring the continuance of the triumvirate states.
你看这风景!滔滔江水,多么壮观啊!
nǐ kàn zhè fēngjǐng !tāotāo jiāngshuǐ ,duōme zhuàngguān ā !
Look at this scene! The river water pouring down, how magnificent!
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