answer as quickly as the flowing of water(yìng dá rú liú)

answer as quickly as the flowing of water

Answer like flow, Chinese idiom, pronunciation is y ì NGD á R ú Li ú, meaning that the answer is like flowing water, describes the answer is quick and fluent. From the biography of Zhang Hua in the book of Jin.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: eloquence, response like flow [antonym]: clumsy

Idiom usage

Xu Yan and Xu Pu were quick in thinking and fluent in words. Feng Menglong, Ming Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Zhang Hua in the book of Jin, it is said that "the Chinese should be fluent, and the listeners forget to be tired."

Chinese PinYin : yìng dá rú liú