







悬河泻火 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to eliminate an opponent or a problem with overwhelming and decisive force; to quell with irresistible power, like a mighty river extinguishing a fire”.

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Open the tool →悬河泻火 (xuán hé xiè huǒ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to eliminate an opponent or a problem with overwhelming and decisive force; to quell with irresistible power, like a mighty river extinguishing a fire”.
悬河泻火 is pronounced xuán hé xiè huǒ in Mandarin Chinese.
比喻以强大力量去消灭敌方。同“悬河注火”。