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rivers noun, plural—河流 n (almost always used) 湖泊 pl Examples:Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwaddy River, the main river of Myanmar (Burma)—Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk—climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey—(name of several rivers in China)—Xindian or Hsintian Creek, one of the rivers through Taipei, Taiwan—alluvium (soil deposited by rivers)—bivalves grown in rivers and lakes—Sittang River of central Myanmar (Burma), between Irrawaddy and Salween rivers—ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liaohe River—Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River—famous mountains and great rivers—produced in sea, rivers or lakes—lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains—enough blood flowing float pestles (idiom); rivers of blood—old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)—rise (of prices, rivers)—rivers and mountains are easy change, man's character much harder—all rivers run inthe sea—confluence (of two rivers)—lit. fight tiger bare handed and wade rivers (idiom); fig. bull-headed heroism—rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad worse—lit. overturning seas and rivers [idiom.]—as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly [idiom.]—classifier for long, narrow, flexible objects such as fish, dogs, pants; for roads and rivers; for human lives; in the expression: one heart, meaning working together for a common goal—it is easier change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character [idiom.]—mountains and rivers of Sichuan [idiom.]—there are no rivers one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu [idiom.]—Wanxian port city on the Changjiang or Yangtze river in Sichuan, renamed Wanzhou district in Chongqing municipality in 1990—Amur River (the border between north east China and Russia)—the Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg)—name of a place, Gezhouba Dam on the Changjiang River, in Sichuan—The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta—The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize—Xingxiuhai, high plateau in Qinhai close the source of the Yellow River—extending forever inthe distance (of mountain range, river etc)—the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong)—lit. fight with one's back the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die—Murray-Darling river system in south Australia—Nyang qu or Nian chu River in Tibet, a tributary of Yarlung Tsangpo—cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests—swimming competition (e.g. cross river or lake)—Tiber (river in Italy, the main watercourse of Rome)—Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges—Tekesi River in Kazakh autonomous prefecture, Xinjiang—like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety—river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis—the Changjiang (Yangtze) and Huanghe (Yellow river)—mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line—Irtysh River, flowing from southwest Altai in Xinjiang through Kazakhstan and Siberia the Arctic Ocean— |