对答如流 — Chinese idiom
对答如流
duì dá rú liú
Traditional: 對答如流
Meaning
- able to reply quickly and fluently ; having a ready answer
Character by character
- 对duìcorrect, right; facing, opposed
- 答dáanswer, reply; to return; to assent to
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
Idioms sharing a character
- 冤家对头 yuān jiā duì tóu
- 唱对台戏 chàng duì tái xì
- 对牛弹琴 duì niú tán qín
- 对症下药 duì zhèng xià yào
- 对簿公堂 duì bù gōng táng
- 对酒当歌 duì jiǔ dāng gē
- 死无对证 sǐ wú duì zhèng
- 无言可对 wú yán kě duì
- 牛衣对泣 niú yī duì qì
- 针锋相对 zhēn fēng xiāng duì
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