跳河
tiào hé
Pinyin

Definition

跳河
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tiào hé
  1. to drown oneself by jumping into the river

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

心跳
xīn tiào
  1. 1 heartbeat
  2. 2 pulse
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]
跳
tiào
  1. 1 to jump
  2. 2 to hop
  3. 3 to skip over
  4. 4 to bounce
  5. 5 to palpitate
跳舞
tiào wǔ
  1. 1 to dance
乱跳
luàn tiào
  1. 1 to jump about
  2. 2 (of the heart) to beat wildly
佛跳墙
fó tiào qiáng
  1. 1 lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
冰河
bīng hé
  1. 1 glacier
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
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
吓一跳
xià yī tiào
  1. 1 startled
  2. 2 to frighten
  3. 3 scared out of one's skin
塞纳河
Sāi nà Hé
  1. 1 Seine
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
多瑙河
Duō nǎo Hé
  1. 1 Danube
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
天河区
Tiān hé qū
  1. 1 Tianhe district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
小河
xiǎo hé
  1. 1 brook
山河
shān hé
  1. 1 mountains and rivers
  2. 2 the whole country
广河
Guǎng hé
  1. 1 Guanghe county in Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lín xià Huí zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu

Idioms (20)

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
心怦怦跳
xīn pēng pēng tiào
  1. 1 The heart thumps wildly. (idiom)
心惊肉跳
xīn jīng ròu tiào
  1. 1 lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
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
欢蹦乱跳
huān bèng luàn tiào
  1. 1 glowing with health and vivacity (idiom)
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)
活蹦乱跳
huó bèng luàn tiào
  1. 1 to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively
  2. 2 healthy and active
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)
狗急跳墙
gǒu jí tiào qiáng
  1. 1 a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom)
  2. 2 to be driven to desperate action
血流成河
xuè liú chéng hé
  1. 1 rivers of blood (idiom)
  2. 2 bloodbath
跳出火坑
tiào chū huǒ kēng
  1. 1 lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell
  2. 2 to free oneself from a life of torture
跳出釜底进火坑
tiào chū fǔ dǐ jìn huǒ kēng
  1. 1 out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
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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