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Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「言若懸河」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

Describes someone who is eloquent and can talk incessantly. Same as “speaking like a fluent stream”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yán ruò xuán hé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yin4 yeuk6 yun4 ho4

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.