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river (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉
HSK 2
Tigris River, Iraq
Potomac River
Manas River, Xinjiang
Volga River
Nyeva or Neva River (through St Petersburg)
Amazon River
Panama Canal
Ili River in central Asia
large river (esp the Yellow River)
source of Changjiang or Yangtze river
Nanjiao River (Shandong province, flows into Qingdao harbor)
Danube
canal
HSK 7-9
mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab
Po River, longest river in Italy
Yitong River in Siping 四平, Jilin
Mississippi River
inward flowing river / river flowing into desert or salt lake, e.g. Tarim river 塔里木河
River Thames
"hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain) / (literary) waterfall / cataract / (fig.) torrent of words
Shi River in Xinyang City 信陽市|信阳市, Henan
Tarim River of Xinjiang
inland river / river draining to inland sea
to drown oneself by jumping into the river
Neckar River in Germany
glacier
Indus River
to jump into a river to drown oneself
Mekong River
lifeline river; river regarded as the cradle of a civilization
Xiao River in Hebei
underground river
Yellow River or Huang He
Yangtze and Yellow rivers
river
Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)
Fen River
Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河 and the Changjiang 長江|长江
Rhine River
Argun River of Mongolia and Heilongjiang province, tributary of Heilongjiang River 黑龍江|黑龙江
Amazon River
creek; stream; brook
tug-of-war / to take part in a tug-of-war
source; precursor; forerunner
canal / man-made waterway
Suez Canal
Maas or Meuse River, Western Europe
Dadu River in Sichuan
Niger River of West Africa
to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom) / to advance cautiously, step by step / to feel one's way forward
the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
Yarkant River in Xinjiang
the Nile (river in northeastern Africa)
Xihe river in Fuxin / Xihe district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning
Meigu River in south Sichuan
Sava River, flowing through Southeast Europe
Don River
Habahe county or Qaba nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区, Xinjiang
Ebro River (in northeast Spain)
Ruhr River, a tributary of the Rhine in Germany
Qizilsu or Kizilsu River in Xinjiang
Jing Nahiyisi or Jinghe county in Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Liao River of northeast China, passing through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Jilin and Liaoning
name of several rivers / North Luo river, tributary of Wei river 渭河 in Shaanxi
pelican
river that flows only within a country's borders; inland waterway (esp. for transportation, in contrast to coastal or maritime waters)
lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom) / fig. to display foolhardy courage
Jordan River (in southwestern Asia)
Suifen River, a river in China and Russia that flows into the Sea of Japan
Congo River
Seine
the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism)
Chan River in Henan province 河南
Ulungur River in Xinjiang
Sittang River of central Myanmar (Burma), between Irrawaddy and Salween rivers
Malka River, Russia, a.k.a. Balyksu River
Rhone, river of Switzerland and France
Chao Phraya River, the main river of Thailand
Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原
magnificent / inspiring
Kaidu River, Xinjiang

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