|  | to talk (with sb)  / dialogue; conversation   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | to make a telephone call   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | dialect   / language   / spoken words   / speech   / talk   / words   / conversation   / what sb said   / CL: 種|种,  席,  句,  口,  番 | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | a speech   / to speak   / to talk   / to address   / CL: 個|个 | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | joke; jest (CL: 個|个)   / to laugh at; to mock   / ridiculous; absurd   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | if (coming after a conditional clause)   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | in a word; in short   | HSK 5  | 
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 |  | legend  / fairy tale  / myth  / mythology   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | subject (of a talk or conversation)  / topic   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | Mandarin (common language)  / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)  / ordinary speech   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | to talk (with sb)   / to have a conversation   / talk   / conversation   / CL: 次 | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | to speak the truth  / truth to tell  / frankly   | HSK 6  | 
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 |  | stage play   / modern drama   / CL: 臺|台,  部 | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | to speak  / to say  / to talk  / to gossip  / to tell stories  / talk  / word   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | telephone   / CL: 部 / phone call   / CL: 通 / phone number   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | children's fairy tales   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | to hold a conversation  / to talk over the telephone  / phone call   | HSK 6  | 
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 |  | truth   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | topic under discussion; direction or tone of the conversation   |  | 
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 |  | to tell the truth  / to tell it as it is   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to tell one lie after another (idiom)  / to talk nonsense  / bogus story   |  | 
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 |  | to do what one is told  / obedient   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | common saying  / proverb   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to have nothing to say (idiom)   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | words  / speech  / utterance  / discourse   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | (idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur   |  | 
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 |  | corny joke   |  | 
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 |  | mobile telephone   |  | 
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 |  | colloquial speech   |  | 
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 |  | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words  / You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to gossip  / to make unfavorable comments   |  | 
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 |  | (to express one's) true feelings  / what is on one's mind  / secret mind   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | as the proverb says  / as they say...   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | unreasonable  / shocking  / outrageous   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to make sense   |  | 
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 |  | telephone directory   |  | 
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 |  | to be honest  / to tell the truth  / to be frank   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | vernacular  / slang  / dialect  / patois   |  | 
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 |  | (fig.) adaptable; able to deal with various kinds of people and situations  / (derog.) insincere; two-faced   |  | 
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 |  | irony  / ironic remark   |  | 
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 |  | fixed-line telephone; landline telephone   |  | 
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 |  | lie   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | Shanghainese  / Shanghai dialect   |  | 
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 |  | Cantonese language   |  | 
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 |  | pep talk   |  | 
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 |  | microphone  / (telephone) receiver; handset  / megaphone  / (fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | (Tw) public switched telephone network (PSTN)   |  | 
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 |  | phonograph or radio (old term)  / chatterbox  / talkative person   |  | 
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 |  | (idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion   |  | 
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 |  | telephone set   |  | 
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 |  | (spoken) Chinese language   |  | 
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 |  | to chat  / to gossip   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to speak using a loud voice or megaphone etc  / (fig.) to convey a strong message   |  | 
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 |  | writings in the vernacular   |  | 
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 |  | plum candy  / preserved plum   |  | 
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 |  | call charge   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to ask sb a question  / question   |  | 
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 |  | Southwestern Mandarin, dialect group of Mandarin spoken primarily in southwestern China   |  | 
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 |  | to sneer  / to make cynical remarks  / sarcastic talk   |  | 
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 |  | one's speaking voice  / tone  / implication   |  | 
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 |  | bilateral talks   |  | 
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 |  | polite phrase; conventional greetings  / cliché  / to try to worm facts out of sb   |  | 
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 |  | unreasonable  / shocking; outrageous   |  | 
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 |  | "officialese"  / bureaucratic language  / Mandarin   |  | 
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 |  | (saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter; (fig.) to be an armchair expert; to blabber on   |  | 
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 |  | a lie  / untrue statement  / misstatement   |  | 
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 |  | to be nothing difficult  / to be a cinch   |  | 
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 |  | whisperings  / private words  / confidences  / sweet nothings   |  | 
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 |  | Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994   |  | 
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 |  | story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide   |  | 
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 |  | (idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel   |  | 
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 |  | messenger  / communicator  / relay   |  | 
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 |  | foolish talk  / nonsense   |  | 
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 |  | native language  / native dialect   |  | 
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 |  | free verse in the vernacular   |  | 
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 |  | to reminisce   |  | 
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 |  | (telephony) long-distance call charge   |  | 
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 |  | to reply   |  | 
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 |  | intercom   |  | 
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 |  | Suzhou dialect, one of the main Wu dialects  吳語|吴语  |  | 
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 |  | mythical story; myth   |  | 
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 |  | empty talk  / bunk  / malicious gossip   |  | 
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 |  | ready-made phrase  / unhelpful comment   |  | 
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 |  | megaphone   |  | 
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 |  | to speak one's mind   |  | 
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 |  | walkie-talkie   |  | 
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 |  | cheesy pick-up lines   |  | 
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 |  | to phone sb up   |  | 
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 |  | to talk endlessly on the phone   |  | 
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 |  | (telephone) conference call   |  | 
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 |  | telephone line   |  | 
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 |  | to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself   |  | 
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 |  | conventional greeting; polite formula   |  | 
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 |  | to start talking   |  | 
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 |  | Taishanese, a language of the Yue language group  粵語|粤语 spoken in Jiangmen  江門|江门 and in the Chinatowns of North America   |  | 
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 |  | mobile phone (Tw)   |  | 
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 |  | exaggeration   |  | 
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 |  | argot  / bandits' secret jargon  / malicious words   |  | 
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