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to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom) / to chat freely / to discuss everything
articulate in speech (idiom) / eloquent
collective bargaining system
to discuss; to converse / chat; discussion
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 refer to / to speak about / to talk about
HSK 7-9
joking / humorous talk
summit talks / discussion between heads of state
nuclear negotiations
to harangue / to yak
odd story / exotic tale / fig. ridiculous argument
to negotiate / negotiation / talks / conference / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to chat
peace talks / peace discussions
lit. to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom) / fig. to be terrified at the thought (of it)
to be out of the question
HSK 7-9
to visit and discuss / to interview
HSK 7-9
to have an in depth conversation / to have intimate talks / to discuss thoroughly
conference table
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 be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating
easier said than done (idiom)
to talk about / to mention
strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom) / unreasonable remarks
to keep on talking about
to discuss; to talk about
HSK 7-9
to talk cheerfully and wittily / to joke together
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
to mention / to speak of / to talk about
HSK 7-9
a long talk
to confer / to discuss / to engage in talks
(idiom) town gossip / streetcorner conversations
talks / discussions / CL:
HSK 5
to discuss
HSK 7-9
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 talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun
to talk (with sb) / to have a conversation / talk / conversation / CL:
HSK 3
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 speak frankly with assurance
to ignore an issue (idiom)
talks on North Korea's nuclear program
(idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air
HSK 7-9
entertaining in conversation
light intellectual conversation
style of conversation
to prate
to be dating sb
to talk with sb (face to face) / discussion / talk / chat
to turn pale at the mention of sex; prudish
sth that people like to chat about / topic of idle conversation
to have an informal discussion / CL: , 個|个
HSK 7-9
to talk nonsense (dialect)
to chat
an old observation (idiom) / a truism / banal comments
to be able to talk to / to get along with / to be congenial
to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship
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
to come to terms; to reach an agreement
face-to-face meeting / an interview
absurd statement / cock-and-bull story
object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat
can't come to an agreement
bargaining position
to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened / to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)
(idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk
to negotiate (prices) / to haggle
to discuss; to have a chat
discussion / forum
to discuss behind closed doors
to talk freely
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to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss
HSK 3
anecdote passed on with approbation
place for negotiations
to speak face to face / meeting / interview
to have a heart-to-heart chat
to have a good talk
talk show
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
astrology / fortune-telling
Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁
to talk freely / to discuss without inhibition
HSK 7-9
local dialect
discussion of various topics
long-term calling card (telephone)
to explain a sutra / to expound the classics
out of the question; pointless to discuss it

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