Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「懸河瀉水」, explained below.
Introducing the Chinese idiom 「懸河瀉水」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
Hanging river: waterfall; cascading water: water flows downward quickly. The river water is rushing down. It is a metaphor for speaking incessantly or writing fluently and freely.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xuán hé xiè shuǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yun4 ho4 se3 seui2
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
