| 口若悬河 |
kǒu ruò xuán hé |
mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab |
| 口 |
kǒu |
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 若 |
rě |
used in 般若 / used in 兰若 |
| 若 |
ruò |
to seem / like / as / if |
| 悬 |
xuán |
to hang or suspend / to worry / public announcement / unresolved / baseless / without foundation |
| 悬河 |
xuán hé |
"hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain) / (literary) waterfall / cataract / (fig.) torrent of words |
| 河 |
hé |
river (CL:条,道) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 |