滔滔不绝

滔滔不絕

tāotāobùjué

idiom HSK 7 #15,856

Meanings

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

Characters

surging; torrential

surging; torrential

to cease; to cut off

Examples

他一说起历史就滔滔不绝。

Tā yī shuō qǐ lìshǐ jiù tāotāobùjué.

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 tāotāobùjué 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