懸河

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

CEDICT

literary

Entry Composition

1 懸 xuán
  1. to hang or suspend
  2. to worry
  3. public announcement
  4. unresolved
  5. baseless
  6. without foundation
2 河 hé
  1. (bound form) the Yellow River
  2. (bound form) the Milky Way
  3. (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 héfěn

classifiers: 條, 道