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百川 bǎi chuān rivers
河川 hé chuān rivers
桐柏山 Tóng bǎi shān Tongbai mountain range, the watershed between Huai 淮河 / and Han 漢江|汉江 / rivers
江湖 Jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld
山水 shān shuǐ water from a mountain / mountains and rivers / scenery / landscape
江山 jiāng shān rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power
水产 shuǐ chǎn aquatic / produced in sea, rivers or lakes
交汇 jiāo huì variant of 交匯|交汇 / to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation
山河 shān hé mountains and rivers / the whole country
山川 shān chuān mountains and rivers / landscape
血流成河 xuè liú chéng hé rivers of blood (idiom) / bloodbath
翻江倒海 fān jiāng dǎo hǎi lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess
汇流 huì liú (of rivers etc) to converge / convergence
名山大川 Míng shān dà chuān famous mountains and great rivers
江河日下 jiāng hé rì xià rivers pour away by the day (idiom) / going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day
河蚌 hé bàng mussels / bivalves grown in rivers and lakes
河渠 hé qú rivers and canals / waterway
股 gǔ thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (stock) share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions
大沙河 Dà shā Hé Dasha River (the name of rivers in various parts of China)
独龙江 Dú lóng jiāng Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit
浯 Wú (name of several rivers in China)
泾渭分明 Jīng Wèi fēn míng as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom) / to be entirely different
穷山恶水 qióng shān è shuǐ lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom) / fig. inhospitable natural environment
巴山蜀水 Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)
暴虎冯河 bào hǔ píng hé lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom) / fig. to display foolhardy courage
江山易改本性难移 jiāng shān yì gǎi běn xìng nán yí rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder
江山易改禀性难移 jiāng shān yì gǎi bǐng xìng nán yí rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder
海纳百川 hǎi nà bǎi chuān all rivers run into the sea / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
爬山涉水 pá shān shè shuǐ to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom) / fig. to make a long and difficult journey
血流漂杵 xuè liú piāo chǔ enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom) / rivers of blood / blood bath
洛河 Luò hé name of several rivers / North Luo river, tributary of Wei river 渭河|渭河[Wei4 He2] in Shaanxi
三江并流 Sān jiāng bìng liú Three Parallel Rivers National Park, in mountainous northwest Yunnan World Heritage protected area: the three rivers are Nujiang 怒江[Nu4 jiang1] or Salween, Jinsha 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 jiang1] or upper reaches of Changjiang and Lancang 瀾滄江|澜沧江[Lan2 cang1 Jiang1] or Mekong
三江平原 Sān jiāng píng yuán Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] or Amur, Songhua 松花江[Song1 hua1 jiang1], Ussuri 烏蘇里江|乌苏里江[Wu1 su1 li3 jiang1]
三河 Sān hé Three rivers / Sanhe, county-level city in Langfang 廊坊[Lang2 fang2], Hebei
交彙 jiāo huì variant of 交匯|交汇 / to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation
新店溪 Xīn diàn xī Xindian or Hsintian Creek, one of the rivers through Taipei, Taiwan
江山易改，本性难移 jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom) / you can't change who you are / Can the leopard change his spots?
江河湖海 jiāng hé hú hǎi rivers, lakes and oceans / bodies of water
万里江山 wàn lǐ jiāng shān lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains / a vast territory (idiom)
邛崃山 Qióng lái shān Qionglai Mountains in western Sichuan between the Min 岷江[Min2 Jiang1] and Dadu 大渡河[Da4 du4 He2] rivers
锡当河 Xī dāng Hé Sittang River of central Myanmar (Burma), between Irrawaddy and Salween rivers
河湖酸化评估和监测国际合作方桉  International Cooperative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Acidification of Rivers and Lakes / ICP Waters
关于使用国际河川水道的赫尔辛基规则  Helsinki Rules on the Uses of the Waters of International Rivers / Helsinki Rules on the Uses of International Rivers
河流联合委员会  Joint Rivers Commission
蒙得维的亚宣言  Declaration of Montevideo concerning the industrial and agricultural use of international rivers / Declaration of Montevideo
关于使用国际河流的亚松森条约  Act of Asunción on the use of international rivers
工农业使用国际河流湖泊公约  convention on the industrial and agricultural uses of international rivers and lakes
河流湖泊污染与国际法  Pollution of Rivers and Lakes and International Law
国际河流问题常设小组委员会  Standing Sub-Committee on International Rivers
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
四渎 sì dú (archaic) the four rivers (Yangtze 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1], Yellow 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2], Huai 淮河[Huai2 He2], Ji 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3]) / (TCM) acupuncture point SJ-9
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