悬河

悬河
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"hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain)

4 meanings
MEANING4 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain)

    • The Yellow River is a famous suspended river.

  2. noun

    (literary) waterfall

  3. noun

    cataract

    • The hanging waterfall is very magnificent.

  4. noun

    (fig.) torrent of words

    • He talks like a waterfall.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A heart suspended like a pendulum, uncertain which direction it will fall.

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