1 river

2 classifier: 条 tiáo

3 classifier: 道 dào

1 wonderful

2 marvelous

3 brilliant

1 spirit

2 mind

3 consciousness

4 thought

5 mental

6 psychological

7 essence

8 gist

9 classifier: 个 gè

1 delicate

2 fine

3 refinement

1 carefully chosen

2 handpicked

3 best of the bunch

4 choice (product)

5 concentration (mining)

6 to concentrate

7 to winnow

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

1 to speak without thinking (idiom)

2 to blurt sth out

1 elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces

2 preparations for war are in an advanced state

1 extensive but not refined (idiom); to know something about everything

2 jack-of-all-trades, master of none

1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)

2 eloquent

3 glib

4 voluble

5 have the gift of the gab