口若悬河

口若懸河
kǒuruòxuánhé
  1. mouth like a torrent (idiom)
  2. eloquent
  3. glib
  4. voluble
  5. have the gift of the gab

CEDICT

eloquent; glib; voluble; having the gift of the gab

Wiktionary

比喻说话滔滔不绝，能言舌辩。《金瓶梅．第三三回》：「但遇着人，或坐或立，口若悬河，滔滔不绝，就是一回。」《儒林外史．第四回》：「知县见他说的口若悬河，又是本朝确切典故，不由得不信。」也作「悬河泻水」。

重編國語辭典

一直不停说话，如瀑布流泻不止，形容能言善辩

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 口 kǒu
  1. mouth
  2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls
2 若 ruò
  1. to seem
  2. like
  3. as
  4. if
3 悬河 xuánhé
  1. "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain)
  2. (literary) waterfall
  3. cataract
  4. (fig.) torrent of words

Related entries

出口成章 chūkǒuchéngzhāng
  1. (idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent
  2. articulate
善辩 shànbiàn
  1. eloquent
  2. good at arguing
舌灿莲花 shécànliánhuā
  1. (idiom) eloquent
  2. entertaining in one's speech
雄辩 xióngbiàn
  1. eloquent
  2. oratory
  3. rhetoric
雄辯如銀，沉默如金。

Speech is silver, but silence is golden.

Source: Tatoeba

善言辞 shànyáncí
  1. articulate
  2. eloquent
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