Word: 大河 (dàhé) 大河 dictionary entry dàhé large river (esp the Yellow River) Full dictionary entry for 大河 Example sentences using 大河 8 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 一条大河贯穿了整个城市。 Yìtiáo dàhé guànchuānle zhěnggè chéngshì. A big river runs through the whole city. 卖水的看大河，尽是钱 mài shuǐ de kàn dàhé, jìn shì qián a water seller looking at a great river: all he sees is money 大河有水小河满，大河没水小河干 dàhé yǒu shuǐ xiǎohé mǎn, dàhé méi shuǐ xiǎohé gān when the big river has water the small one is full, when it has none the small one dries up 大河的水向东流,没法儿回头 dàhé de shuǐ xiàngdōng liú,méifǎr huítóu the big river's water flows east: there's no turning back 大河里撒纸钱,连个回音也没有 dàhé li sǎ zhǐqián,lián ge huíyīn yě méiyǒu scattering paper money in a big river: not even an echo 小河涨水大河满，小河没水大河干 xiǎohé zhǎngshuǐ dàhé mǎn, xiǎohé méi shuǐ dàhé gān when small rivers rise the big river is full; when small rivers have no water the big river runs dry 水田里的鳝鱼，没见过大江大河 shuǐtián lǐ de shànyú, méi jiànguò dàjiāng dàhé an eel in a paddy field: has never seen a great river 爬高山，过大河 pá gāoshān, guò dàhé climb high mountains, cross great rivers