tāo

(bound form) to inundate; deluge; torrent

water (氵) + phonetic (舀) = inundating torrent

舀 mainly gives the sound tāo; the water radical carries all the meaning. Think of water so overwhelming it drowns everything in its path.

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洪水滔,淹没了河边的村子。

hóng shuǐ tāo tāo,yān mò le hé biān de cūn zi。

The floodwaters surged in a great torrent, inundating the village by the river.

大雨过后,河水滔,流得很急。

dà yǔ guò hòu,hé shuǐ tāo tāo,liú de hěn jí。

After the heavy rain, the river flowed in a raging torrent, rushing very fast.

Words with 滔

黄滔

huáng tāo

Huang Tao (840-911), late Tang poet

洪水滔滔

hóng shuǐ tāo tāo

(idiom) to have flooding over a vast area

滔天

tāo tiān

(of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering; overwhelming; immense

滔天大罪

tāo tiān dà zuì

heinous crime

滔滔

tāo tāo

torrential

滔滔不绝

tāo tāo bù jué

(idiom) to produce a torrent of words; to talk on and on

罪恶滔天

zuì è tāo tiān

(idiom) to have committed heinous crimes

万恶滔天

wàn è tāo tiān

(idiom) the evil is overwhelming

More characters with 氵