tāo tāo
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  • 1

    adj.torrential; surging; billowy

    • hé shuǐ tāo tāo

      河水滔滔

      The river is a torrent of water.

    • wēi wēi sōng shān tāo tāo huáng hé liáo kuò zhōng yuán shǎn shuò zhe yào yǎn de guāng huī

      巍巍嵩山滔滔黄河辽阔中原闪烁耀眼光辉

      Towering Song Shan, surging the Yellow River, vast Central Plains dazzling glory glimmers.

    • hé shuǐ tāo tāo de huì rù dà hǎi

      河水滔滔汇入大海

      The river, ever majestic, flowed into the sea.

  • 2

    adj.(often talkative) keeping up a constant flow of words; talk a blue streak; verbose

    • tāo tāo biàn lùn

      滔滔辩论

      a torrent of eloquence

    • shuō huà tāo tāo bù jué

      说话滔滔不绝

      talk on and on in a flow of eloquence

    • tā lǎo shì tāo tāo bù jué bié rén shuí yě chā bù shàng zuǐ

      老是滔滔不绝别人插不上嘴

      He talks so much that nobody else can get a look-in.