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悬河

xuán hé

2-character word Traditional 懸河

What 悬河 means

1. "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain)
2. literarywaterfall
3. cataract
4. (fig.) torrent of words

The characters in 悬河

• 悬xuánto hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement
• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way

Words containing 悬河

• 口若悬河kǒu ruò xuán hémouth like a torrent (idiom); eloquent; glib

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