waterfall

water (氵) + violent force (暴) = waterfall

暴 carries the sense of sudden, violent force — the same word used for storms and rage. Water (氵) acting with that explosive energy describes exactly what a waterfall does.

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SuddenSemantic
WaterSemantic

山里有一条很美的布。

shān lǐ yǒu yī tiáo hěn měi de pù bù。

There is a very beautiful waterfall in the mountains.

我们走了很久才看到那条布。

wǒ men zǒu le hěn jiǔ cái kàn dào nà tiáo pù bù。

We walked for a long time before we finally saw that waterfall.

Words with 瀑

飞瀑

fēi pù

waterfall

黄果树大瀑布

huáng guǒ shù dà pù bù

Huangguoshu falls, Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shun4], Guizhou

黄果树瀑布

huáng guǒ shù pù bù

Huangguoshu waterfalls, Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shun4], Guizhou

小瀑布

xiǎo pù bù

cascade

尼亚加拉瀑布

ní yà jiā lā pù bù

Niagara Falls

尼加拉瀑布

ní jiā lā pù bù

Niagara Falls (Tw)

洛皮塔瀑布

luò pí tǎ pù bù

Lawpita Falls on the Balu Chaung river, location of Myanmar's biggest hydroelectric plant

瀑布

pù bù

waterfall

维多利亚瀑布

wéi duō lì yà pù bù

Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya on the Zambesi River, between Zambia and Zimbabwe

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