yín​hé​dào​xiè

cascading waterfall

  • created sense approved 银河倒泻/銀河倒瀉 · yín​hé​dào​xiè · cascading waterfall — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    银河倒泻 / 銀河倒瀉

    yín​hé​dào​xiè

    cascading waterfall

    Describes a majestic and powerful waterfall; a silvery stream cascading downward. This phrase uses [[银河|銀河|yin2 he2]] (the Milky Way) as a metaphor for the scale and brilliance of the falling water.

    银河 (literal) → 银河/銀河 · yín​hé · Milky Way 倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · to pour 泻 (literal) → 泻/瀉 · xiè · to flow swiftly

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