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The idiom 「口若懸河」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

He talks incessantly, like a waterfall flowing continuously. It describes someone who is good at speaking and arguing, and who can talk endlessly.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

kǒu ruò xuán hé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hau2 yeuk6 yun4 ho4

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