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滔 tāo

torrential, rushing, overflowing

Strokes
13
Level
HSK 6
Radical
氵
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 氵舀 ⿰氵舀

Memory hint: water

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  1. 他说起话来滔滔不绝。
    Tā shuō qǐ huà lái tāotāo bù jué.
    Once he starts talking, he goes on and on without stopping.
    he speak-up words come talk-nonstop
  2. 他为什么能说得这么滔滔不绝？
    Tā wèishénme néng shuō de zhème tāotāo bù jué?
    Why can he talk so incessantly?
    he why can speak (particle) this-way talk-nonstop
  3. 你别滔滔不绝地讲了，先让别人说说。
    Nǐ bié tāotāo bù jué de jiǎng le, xiān ràng biéren shuōshuo.
    Stop talking non-stop, let others speak first.
    you don't talk-nonstop (particle) speak (particle), first let other-person speak-speak
  4. 平时他很少说话，今天却滔滔不绝。
    Píngshí tā hěn shǎo shuōhuà, jīntiān què tāotāo bù jué.
    Usually he rarely speaks, but today he talked non-stop.
    usually he very seldom speak, today however talk-nonstop
  5. 提到自己的爱好，他立刻滔滔不绝地讲了起来。
    Tídào zìjǐ de àihào, tā lìkè tāotāo bù jué de jiǎngle qǐlai.
    When his hobby was mentioned, he immediately started talking non-stop.
    mention self (particle) hobby, he immediately talk-nonstop (particle) speak-up

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