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  Trad Simp Mandarin Definition Days old Ver
筆談 笔谈 [bi3 tan2] /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/ 3013 1
閉口不談 闭口不谈 [bi4 kou3 bu4 tan2] /to refuse to say anything about (idiom)/to remain tight-lipped/to avoid mentioning/ 6116 1
薄伽丘 薄伽丘 [Bo2 jia1 qiu1] /Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, poet, and humanist, author of Decameron 十日談|十日谈[Shi2 ri4 Tan2]/ 4645 1
不經之談 不经之谈 [bu4 jing1 zhi1 tan2] /absurd statement/cock-and-bull story/ 7104 1
長談 长谈 [chang2 tan2] /a long talk/ 7104 1
暢談 畅谈 [chang4 tan2] /to talk freely/to discuss without inhibition/ 2542 1
朝鮮核談 朝鲜核谈 [Chao2 xian3 he2 tan2] /talks on North Korea's nuclear program/ 6983 1
扯談 扯谈 [che3 tan2] /to talk nonsense (dialect)/ 5120 1
侈談 侈谈 [chi3 tan2] /to prate/ 6334 1
叢談 丛谈 [cong2 tan2] /discussion/forum/ 6581 1
促膝談心 促膝谈心 [[cu4xi1-tan2xin1]] /(idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk/ 482 2
大談 大谈 [da4 tan2] /to harangue/to yak/ 6188 1
大談特談 大谈特谈 [da4 tan2 te4 tan2] /to keep on talking about/ 6188 1
對談 对谈 [dui4 tan2] /to talk with sb (face to face)/discussion/talk/chat/ 3430 1
泛泛而談 泛泛而谈 [fan4 fan4 er2 tan2] /to speak in general terms/ 5234 1
訪談 访谈 [fang3 tan2] /to visit and discuss/to interview/ 6582 1
高談闊論 高谈阔论 [gao1 tan2 kuo4 lun4] /to harangue/loud arrogant talk/to spout/ 6881 1
和平會談 和平会谈 [he2 ping2 hui4 tan2] /peace talks/peace discussions/ 7104 1
和平談判 和平谈判 [he2 ping2 tan2 pan4] /peace negotiations/ 6859 1
和談 和谈 [he2 tan2] /peace talks/ 6923 1
核談判 核谈判 [he2 tan2 pan4] /nuclear negotiations/ 6882 1
會談 会谈 [hui4 tan2] /talks/discussions/CL:次[ci4]/ 6368 1
混為一談 混为一谈 [hun4 wei2 yi1 tan2] /to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle/ 6336 1
健談 健谈 [jian4 tan2] /entertaining in conversation/ 5604 1
交談 交谈 [[jiao1tan2]] /to discuss; to converse/chat; discussion/ 872 2
街談巷議 街谈巷议 [jie1 tan2 xiang4 yi4] /(idiom) town gossip/streetcorner conversations/ 2236 1
聚談 聚谈 [ju4 tan2] /to have a discussion in a group/to have a chat with sb/ 4125 1
侃侃而談 侃侃而谈 [kan3 kan3 er2 tan2] /to speak frankly with assurance/ 5555 1
空談 空谈 [kong1 tan2] /prattle/idle chit-chat/ 6765 1
誇誇其談 夸夸其谈 [[kua1kua1-qi2tan2]] /(idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air/ 780 2
夸夸其談 夸夸其谈 [[kua1kua1-qi2tan2]] /variant of 誇誇其談|夸夸其谈[kua1kua1-qi2tan2]/ 828 2
[[lai2]] /to come/(used as a substitute for a more specific verb)/hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5])/ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2])/for the past (amount of time)/(prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4])/(between two verbs) in order to/(after a round number) approximately/(used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])/ 936 2
老生常談 老生常谈 [lao3 sheng1 chang2 tan2] /an old observation (idiom)/a truism/banal comments/ 3463 1
六家 六家 [liu4 jia1] /Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司馬談|司马谈[Si1 ma3 Tan2] (儒家[Ru2 jia1], 道家[Dao4 jia1], 陰陽|阴阳[yin1 yang2], 法家[Fa3 jia1], 名家[Ming2 jia1], and 墨家[Mo4 jia1])/ 5574 1
六方會談 六方会谈 [[Liu4fang1 Hui4tan2]] /Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia/ 388 2
美談 美谈 [mei3 tan2] /anecdote passed on with approbation/ 4938 1
夢溪筆談 梦溪笔谈 [Meng4 Xi1 Bi3 tan2] /Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass/ 4705 1
密談 密谈 [mi4 tan2] /commune/private discussion/ 7104 1
免談 免谈 [[mian3tan2]] /out of the question; pointless to discuss it/ 826 2
面談 面谈 [mian4 tan2] /face-to-face meeting/an interview/ 6876 1
攀談 攀谈 [pan1 tan2] /to chat/ 5545 1
闢室密談 辟室密谈 [pi4 shi4 mi4 tan2] /to discuss behind closed doors/ 4083 1
奇談 奇谈 [qi2 tan2] /odd story/exotic tale/fig. ridiculous argument/ 6523 1
奇談怪論 奇谈怪论 [qi2 tan2 guai4 lun4] /strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)/unreasonable remarks/ 5024 1
奇譚 奇谭 [[qi2tan2]] /variant of 奇談|奇谈[qi2tan2]/ 189 2
洽談 洽谈 [qia4 tan2] /to discuss/ 6841 1
清談 清谈 [qing1 tan2] /light intellectual conversation/ 3641 1
傾談 倾谈 [qing1 tan2] /to have a good talk/ 7053 1
清談節目 清谈节目 [qing1 tan2 jie2 mu4] /talk show/ 4171 1
商談 商谈 [shang1 tan2] /to confer/to discuss/to engage in talks/ 4079 1
深談 深谈 [shen1 tan2] /to have an in depth conversation/to have intimate talks/to discuss thoroughly/ 5553 1
沈括 沈括 [Shen3 Kuo4] /Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談|梦溪笔谈[Meng4 Xi1 Bi3 tan2]/ 4705 1
十日談 十日谈 [Shi2 ri4 Tan2] /Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1]/ 4645 1
首腦會談 首脑会谈 [shou3 nao3 hui4 tan2] /summit talks/discussion between heads of state/ 6564 1
司馬談 司马谈 [Si1 ma3 Tan2] /Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1]/ 6161 1
[tan2] /to speak/to talk/to converse/to chat/to discuss/ 6089 1
[tan2] /variant of 談|谈[tan2]/ 6079 1
[[Tan2]] /surname Tan/ 933 2
談不攏 谈不拢 [tan2 bu4 long3] /can't come to an agreement/ 5162 1
談不上 谈不上 [tan2 bu5 shang4] /to be out of the question/ 7104 1
談到 谈到 [tan2 dao4] /to refer to/to speak about/to talk about/ 7104 1
談得來 谈得来 [tan2 de5 lai2] /to be able to talk to/to get along with/to be congenial/ 6693 1
談古論今 谈古论今 [tan2 gu3 lun4 jin1] /to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom)/to chat freely/to discuss everything/ 4984 1
談何容易 谈何容易 [tan2 he2 rong2 yi4] /easier said than done (idiom)/ 6299 1
談話 谈话 [tan2 hua4] /to talk (with sb)/to have a conversation/talk/conversation/CL:次[ci4]/ 2368 1
談及 谈及 [tan2 ji2] /to talk about/to mention/ 4784 1
談價 谈价 [tan2 jia4] /to negotiate (prices)/to haggle/ 7104 1
談經 谈经 [tan2 jing1] /to explain a sutra/to expound the classics/ 2884 1
談戀愛 谈恋爱 [[tan2 lian4ai4]] /to be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating/ 440 2
談判 谈判 [tan2 pan4] /to negotiate/negotiation/talks/conference/CL:個|个[ge4]/ 6368 1
談判地位 谈判地位 [tan2 pan4 di4 wei4] /bargaining position/ 1346 1
談判桌 谈判桌 [tan2 pan4 zhuo1] /conference table/ 7104 1
談朋友 谈朋友 [tan2 peng2 you5] /to be dating sb/ 5542 1
談起 谈起 [tan2 qi3] /to mention/to speak of/to talk about/ 1944 1
談情說愛 谈情说爱 [tan2 qing2 shuo1 ai4] /to murmur endearments (idiom)/to get into a romantic relationship/ 3437 1
談天 谈天 [tan2 tian1] /to chat/ 6816 1
談天說地 谈天说地 [tan2 tian1 shuo1 di4] /to talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun/ 1331 1
談吐 谈吐 [tan2 tu3] /style of conversation/ 6191 1
談妥 谈妥 [tan2 tuo3] /to come to terms; to reach an agreement/ 1414 1
談笑風生 谈笑风生 [tan2 xiao4 feng1 sheng1] /to talk cheerfully and wittily/to joke together/ 6824 1
談笑自若 谈笑自若 [tan2 xiao4 zi4 ruo4] /to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened/to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)/ 6824 1
談心 谈心 [tan2 xin1] /to have a heart-to-heart chat/ 5252 1
談星 谈星 [tan2 xing1] /astrology/fortune-telling/ 6833 1
談資 谈资 [tan2 zi1] /sth that people like to chat about/topic of idle conversation/ 4734 1
談虎色變 谈虎色变 [[tan2hu3-se4bian4]] /(lit.) to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom)/(fig.) to be terrified at the thought (of it)/ 53 2
談論 谈论 [[tan2lun4]] /to discuss; to talk about/ 842 2
談判地 谈判地 [[tan2pan4di4]] /place for negotiations/ 551 2
談談 谈谈 [[tan2tan2]] /to discuss; to have a chat/ 68 2
談性色變 谈性色变 [[tan2xing4-se4bian4]] /to turn pale at the mention of sex; prudish/ 434 2
娓娓而談 娓娓而谈 [[wei3wei3er2tan2]] /(idiom) to speak engagingly/ 536 2
無話不談 无话不谈 [wu2 hua4 bu4 tan2] /not to hold anything back (idiom)/(of close friends etc) to tell each other everything/ 4795 1
無所不談 无所不谈 [wu2 suo3 bu4 tan2] /to talk about everything/ 2409 1
無稽之談 无稽之谈 [[wu2ji1 zhi1 tan2]] /(idiom) complete nonsense/ 598 2
晤談 晤谈 [wu4 tan2] /to speak face to face/meeting/interview/ 4644 1
閑談 闲谈 [xian2 tan2] /variant of 閒談|闲谈[xian2 tan2]/ 5097 1
閒談 闲谈 [xian2 tan2] /to chat/ 5097 1
鄉談 乡谈 [xiang1 tan2] /local dialect/ 6054 1
笑談 笑谈 [xiao4 tan2] /object of ridicule/laughingstock/to laugh over sth/to make light chat/ 5277 1
諧談 谐谈 [xie2 tan2] /joking/humorous talk/ 6631 1
敘談 叙谈 [xu4 tan2] /to chat/ 6734 1
言談 言谈 [yan2 tan2] /discourse/words/utterance/what one says/manner of speech/ 6674 1
言談林藪 言谈林薮 [yan2 tan2 lin2 sou3] /articulate in speech (idiom)/eloquent/ 4922 1
約談 约谈 [[yue1tan2]] /to arrange a meeting for a formal talk (usu. by an authority with a subordinate); to summon for questioning or a warning/ 379 2
雜談 杂谈 [za2 tan2] /discussion of various topics/ 6427 1
紙上談兵 纸上谈兵 [zhi3 shang4 tan2 bing1] /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[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC/ 1954 1
縱談 纵谈 [zong4 tan2] /to talk freely/ 6748 1
座談會 座谈会 [zuo4 tan2 hui4] /conference/symposium/rap session/ 6880 1
座談 座谈 [[zuo4tan2]] /to have an informal discussion/CL:次[ci4]/ 176 2

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