滔滔不绝

滔滔不絕

tāotāo-bùjué

idiom HSK 7-9 #15,856

Meanings

1 to talk endlessly
2 to go on and on
3 an unceasing torrent of words

Characters

surging; torrential

to cease; to cut off

Examples

他一说起历史就滔滔不绝。

Tā yī shuōqǐ lìshǐ jiù tāotāo-bùjué.

Once he starts talking about history, he goes on and on.

演讲者滔滔不绝地讲了两个小时。

Yǎnjiǎngzhě tāotāo-bùjué de jiǎng le liǎng ge xiǎoshí.

The speaker talked nonstop for two hours.

Tips

memory

滔滔 means surging waves; 不绝 means without end. Picture a river of words that never stops flowing.

Stroke Order

滔 tāo

不 bù

绝 jué