開河

开河
kāihé
  1. to open a river
  2. to dig a canal
  3. to thaw (of river)

CEDICT

  1. (of river) to thaw
  2. to open a river; to dig a canal
  3. to thaw

Wiktionary

  1. 開闢河道。
  2. 冰封的河流解凍。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 開 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 開本 kāiběn, book format
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

Containing this entry

信口開河 xìnkǒukāihé
  1. to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. to blurt sth out
開河期 kāihéqī thawing and opening up of frozen river in spring

Related entries

退冰 tuìbīng
  1. to thaw (frozen food)
  2. to bring to room temperature
開凍 kāidòng
  1. to thaw
  2. to melt
融 róng
  1. to melt
  2. to thaw
  3. to blend
  4. to merge
  5. to be in harmony
冰融了就會化成水。

When ice melts, it becomes water.

Source: Tatoeba

融化 rónghuà
  1. to melt
  2. to thaw
  3. to dissolve
  4. to blend into
  5. to combine
  6. to fuse
冰融化成水。

Ice melts to become water.

Source: Tatoeba

解凍 jiědòng
  1. to melt
  2. to thaw
  3. to defrost
  4. fig. to relax (repression, enmity etc)
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