out of the question; pointless to discuss it
to talk nonsense (dialect)
1. to speak face to face2. meeting3. interview
1. to have an in depth conversation2. to have intimate talks3. to discuss thoroughly
1. to communicate by means of written notes (instead of speaking)2. to publish one's opinion (e.g. as part of a scholarly dialogue)3. (in book titles) essays4. sketches+1 条 to arrange a meeting for a formal talk (usu. by an authority with a subordinate); to summon for questioning or a warning
1. to negotiate (prices)2. to haggle
to come to terms; to reach an agreement
1. sth that people like to chat about2. topic of idle conversation
discussion of various topics
Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[bó jiā qiū]
can't come to an agreement
1. to be able to talk to2. to get along with3. to be congenial
to be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating
1. absurd statement2. cock-and-bull story
Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[shěn kuò], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
(idiom) to speak engagingly
to ignore an issue (idiom)
1. not to hold anything back (idiom)2. (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
1. (idiom) town gossip2. streetcorner conversations
1. articulate in speech (idiom)2. eloquent
1. to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom)2. to chat freely3. to discuss everything
1. to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened2. to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)
1. to refuse to say anything about (idiom)2. to remain tight-lipped3. to avoid mentioning
夸夸其谈 夸夸其談 kuā kuā qí tán HSK 7–9 variant of 夸夸其谈[kuā kuā qí tán]
1. to talk with sb (face to face)2. discussion3. talk4. chat+1 条 1. to have a discussion in a group2. to have a chat with sb
1. astrology2. fortune-telling
1. to explain a sutra2. to expound the classics
Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司马迁[sī mǎ qiān]
1. peace talks2. peace discussions
talks on North Korea's nuclear program
to turn pale at the mention of sex; prudish