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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *谈* | 谈* | *谈
to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss
HSK 3
talks / discussions / CL:
HSK 5
to visit and discuss / to interview
HSK 7-9
to discuss; to converse / chat; discussion
HSK 7-9
to discuss
HSK 7-9
to have an informal discussion / CL: , 個|个
HSK 7-9
to talk freely / to discuss without inhibition
HSK 7-9
discussion of various topics
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *谈* | 谈* | *谈
surname Tan
object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat
to speak frankly with assurance
to discuss; to have a chat
face-to-face meeting / an interview
a long talk
peace talks
odd story / exotic tale / fig. ridiculous argument
to confer / to discuss / to engage in talks
entertaining in conversation
discourse / words / utterance / what one says / manner of speech
to talk with sb (face to face) / discussion / talk / chat
prattle / idle chit-chat
to chat
to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
anecdote passed on with approbation
to communicate by means of written notes (instead of speaking) / to publish one's opinion (e.g. as part of a scholarly dialogue) / (in book titles) essays / sketches
light intellectual conversation
commune / private discussion
an old observation (idiom) / a truism / banal comments
(idiom) complete nonsense
to chat
(idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air
to speak in general terms
discussion / forum
to chat
absurd statement / cock-and-bull story
to prate
out of the question; pointless to discuss it
local dialect
(idiom) to speak engagingly
to have a good talk
to talk freely
variant of 閒談|闲谈
to speak face to face / meeting / interview
to talk nonsense (dialect)
to have a discussion in a group / to have a chat with sb
to have an in depth conversation / to have intimate talks / to discuss thoroughly
joking / humorous talk
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘
to talk about everything
not to hold anything back (idiom) / (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
to refuse to say anything about (idiom) / to remain tight-lipped / to avoid mentioning
Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁
peace talks / peace discussions
to harangue / to yak
to keep on talking about
six-sided talks (on North Korea)
to ignore an issue (idiom)
talks on North Korea's nuclear program
to discuss behind closed doors
summit talks / discussion between heads of state


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