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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *談* | 談* | *談
to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss
HSK 3
to negotiate / negotiation / talks / conference / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to talk (with sb) / to have a conversation / talk / conversation / CL:
HSK 3
talks / discussions / CL:
HSK 5
conference / symposium / rap session
HSK 6
to discuss; to talk about
HSK 7-9
to discuss; to converse / chat; discussion
HSK 7-9
to refer to / to speak about / to talk about
HSK 7-9
to talk freely / to discuss without inhibition
HSK 7-9
to have an informal discussion / CL: , 個|个
HSK 7-9
to be out of the question
HSK 7-9
to mention / to speak of / to talk about
HSK 7-9
HSK 7-9
to discuss
HSK 7-9
to visit and discuss / to interview
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air
HSK 7-9
lit. to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom) / fig. to be terrified at the thought (of it)
prattle / idle chit-chat
to discuss; to have a chat
easier said than done (idiom)
to arrange a meeting for a formal talk (usu. by an authority with a subordinate); to summon for questioning or a warning
to have a heart-to-heart chat
to be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *談* | 談* | *談
surname Tan
articulate in speech (idiom) / eloquent
to keep on talking about
object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat
to confer / to discuss / to engage in talks
discussion of various topics
to chat
odd story / exotic tale / fig. ridiculous argument
to talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun
sth that people like to chat about / topic of idle conversation
style of conversation
discourse / words / utterance / what one says / manner of speech
to chat
to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship
(idiom) complete nonsense
a long talk
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
to chat
to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
can't come to an agreement
peace negotiations
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 be able to talk to / to get along with / to be congenial
to speak in general terms
to have an in depth conversation / to have intimate talks / to discuss thoroughly
to speak face to face / meeting / interview
to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened / to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)
to talk freely
to chat
(idiom) town gossip / streetcorner conversations
local dialect
light intellectual conversation
(idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk
(idiom) to speak engagingly
peace talks
to prate
Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁
strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom) / unreasonable remarks
anecdote passed on with approbation
to refuse to say anything about (idiom) / to remain tight-lipped / to avoid mentioning
commune / private discussion
absurd statement / cock-and-bull story
joking / humorous talk
entertaining in conversation
to have a discussion in a group / to have a chat with sb
to turn pale at the mention of sex; prudish
astrology / fortune-telling
to talk about / to mention
variant of 閒談|闲谈
out of the question; pointless to discuss it
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
to negotiate (prices) / to haggle
talk show
conference table
to be dating sb
to speak frankly with assurance
to have a good talk
Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia
discussion / forum
peace talks / peace discussions
to harangue / to yak
to talk with sb (face to face) / discussion / talk / chat
to talk nonsense (dialect)
to ignore an issue (idiom)
long-term calling card (telephone)
talks on North Korea's nuclear program
nuclear negotiations
an old observation (idiom) / a truism / banal comments
collective bargaining system
place for negotiations
bargaining position
to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom) / to chat freely / to discuss everything
to come to terms; to reach an agreement
to talk cheerfully and wittily / to joke together

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