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HSK
talks / discussions / CL:
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *談* | 談* | *談
to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss
HSK 3
to discuss; to converse / chat; discussion
HSK 7-9
to visit and discuss / to interview
HSK 7-9
to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
to arrange a meeting for a formal talk (usu. by an authority with a subordinate); to summon for questioning or a warning
to discuss
HSK 7-9
joking / humorous talk
summit talks / discussion between heads of state
(idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air
HSK 7-9
to harangue / to yak
odd story / exotic tale / fig. ridiculous argument
peace talks / peace discussions
to have an informal discussion / CL: , 個|个
HSK 7-9
to have an in depth conversation / to have intimate talks / to discuss thoroughly
to chat
commune / private discussion
Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia
to keep on talking about
Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘
peace talks
(idiom) complete nonsense
not to hold anything back (idiom) / (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
to have a discussion in a group / to have a chat with sb
a long talk
to confer / to discuss / to engage in talks
discourse / words / utterance / what one says / manner of speech
to refuse to say anything about (idiom) / to remain tight-lipped / to avoid mentioning
prattle / idle chit-chat
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
(idiom) to speak engagingly
to talk about everything
to chat
to talk freely / to discuss without inhibition
HSK 7-9
to speak frankly with assurance
to ignore an issue (idiom)
talks on North Korea's nuclear program
entertaining in conversation
light intellectual conversation
to prate
to talk with sb (face to face) / discussion / talk / chat
to talk nonsense (dialect)
to chat
an old observation (idiom) / a truism / banal comments
to speak in general terms
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
face-to-face meeting / an interview
absurd statement / cock-and-bull story
object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat
to discuss; to have a chat
discussion / forum
to discuss behind closed doors
to talk freely
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *談* | 談* | *談
surname Tan
anecdote passed on with approbation
to speak face to face / meeting / interview
to have a good talk
Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁
local dialect
discussion of various topics
out of the question; pointless to discuss it
HSK 7-9
variant of 閒談|闲谈


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