滔 tāo torrential
torrential; rushing; overflowing
How to remember 滔: 氵 water + 舀 scoop out = torrential. After the storm the water of the village stream rises faster than the neighbours can scoop out with buckets, and the flow turns torrential.
Component breakdown
滔 = 氵 water + 舀 scoop out
- 氵 water
- 舀 scoop out
After the storm the water of the village stream rises faster than the neighbours can scoop out with buckets, and the flow turns torrential.
How it is used
- Torrential, gushing - chiefly in 滔滔不绝 (tāotāo-bùjué): to talk on and on in an unstoppable flood of words.
- 滔天 (tāotiān) means sky-high/monstrous - 滔天大罪 (tāotiān-dàzuì) a heinous crime, 罪恶滔天. Literary.