to communicate by means of written notes (instead of speaking); to publish one's opinion (e.g. as part of a scholarly dialog); (in book titles) essays; sketches
闭口不谈閉口不談bi4 kou3 bu4 tan2
to refuse to say anything about (idiom); to remain tight-lipped; to avoid mentioning
不经之谈不經之談bu4 jing1 zhi1 tan2
absurd statement; cock-and-bull story
长谈長談chang2 tan2
a long talk
畅谈暢談chang4 tan2
to chat; a long talk; verbose; to talk freely to one's heart's content
畅谈话卡暢談話卡chang4 tan2 hua4 ka3
long-term calling card (telephone)
朝鲜核谈朝鮮核談chao2 xian3 he2 tan2
talks on North Korea's nuclear program
扯谈扯談che3 tan2
to talk nonsense (dialect)
侈谈侈談chi3 tan2
to prate
丛谈叢談cong2 tan2
discussion; forum
促膝谈心促膝談心cu4 xi1 tan2 xin1
to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)
大谈大談da4 tan2
to harangue; to yak
大谈特谈大談特談da4 tan2 te4 tan2
to keep on talking about
对谈對談dui4 tan2
to talk with sb (face to face); discussion; talk; chat
泛泛而谈泛泛而談fan4 fan4 er2 tan2
to speak in general terms
访谈訪談fang3 tan2
to visit and discuss; to interview
高谈阔论高談闊論gao1 tan2 kuo4 lun4
to harangue; loud arrogant talk; to spout
和平会谈和平會談he2 ping2 hui4 tan2
peace talks; peace discussions
和平谈判和平談判he2 ping2 tan2 pan4
peace negotiations
和谈和談he2 tan2
peace talks
核谈判核談判he2 tan2 pan4
nuclear negotiations
会谈會談hui4 tan2
talks; discussions
混为一谈混為一談hun4 wei2 yi1 tan2
to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
健谈健談jian4 tan2
entertaining in conversation
交谈交談jiao1 tan2
to discuss; to converse; chat; discussion
教育相谈教育相談jiao4 yu4 xiang1 tan2
education counselor
街谈巷议街談巷議jie1 tan2 xiang4 yi4
the talk of the town (idiom)
举行会谈舉行會談ju3 xing2 hui4 tan2
to hold talks; to take part in discussions with
聚谈聚談ju4 tan2
to have a discussion in a group; to have a chat with sb
侃侃而谈侃侃而談kan3 kan3 er2 tan2
to speak frankly with assurance
空谈空談kong1 tan2
prattle; idle chit-chat
夸夸其谈誇誇其談kua1 kua1 qi2 tan2
to talk big; to sound off; bombastic; grandiloquent
老生常谈老生常談lao3 sheng1 chang2 tan2
an old observation (idiom); a truism; banal comments
六方会谈六方會談liu4 fang1 hui4 tan2
six-sided talks (on North Korea)
美谈美談mei3 tan2
anecdote passed on with approbation
梦溪笔谈夢溪筆談meng4 xi1 bi3 tan2
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
密谈密談mi4 tan2
commune; private discussion
面谈面談mian4 tan2
face-to-face meeting; an interview
攀谈攀談pan1 tan2
to chat
辟室密谈闢室密談pi4 shi4 mi4 tan2
to discuss behind closed doors
撇开不谈撇開不談pie1 kai1 bu4 tan2
to ignore an issue (idiom)
奇谈奇談qi2 tan2
odd story; exotic tale; fig. ridiculous argument
奇谈怪论奇談怪論qi2 tan2 guai4 lun4
strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom); unreasonable remarks
洽谈洽談qia4 tan2
to discuss
清谈清談qing1 tan2
light intellectual conversation
倾谈傾談qing1 tan2
to have a good talk
清谈节目清談節目qing1 tan2 jie2 mu4
talk show
商谈商談shang1 tan2
to confer; to discuss; to engage in talks
深谈深談shen1 tan2
to have an in depth conversation; to have intimate talks; to discuss thoroughly
十日谈十日談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
首脑会谈首腦會談shou3 nao3 hui4 tan2
summit talks; discussion between heads of state
司马谈司馬談si1 ma3 tan2
Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁
谈不拢談不攏tan2 bu4 long3
can't come to an agreement
谈不上談不上tan2 bu5 shang4
to be out of the question
谈到談到tan2 dao4
to refer to; to speak about; to talk about
谈得来談得來tan2 de5 lai2
to be able to talk to; to get along with; to be congenial
谈古论今談古論今tan2 gu3 lun4 jin1
to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom); to chat freely; to discuss everything
谈何容易談何容易tan2 he2 rong2 yi4
easier said than done (idiom)
谈虎色变談虎色變tan2 hu3 se4 bian4
to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom); to be scared at the mere mention of
谈话談話tan2 hua4
talk; conversation
谈及談及tan2 ji2
to talk about; to mention
谈价談價tan2 jia4
to negotiate (prices); to haggle
谈恋爱談戀愛tan2 lian4 ai4
to court; to go steady; to be dating
谈论談論tan2 lun4
to discuss; to talk about
谈判談判tan2 pan4
to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference
谈判制度談判制度tan2 pan4 zhi4 du4
collective bargaining system
谈判桌談判桌tan2 pan4 zhuo1
conference table
谈朋友談朋友tan2 peng2 you5
to be dating sb
谈情说爱談情說愛tan2 qing2 shuo1 ai4
to murmur endearments (idiom); to get into a romantic relationship
谈谈談談tan2 tan2
to discuss; to have a chat
谈天談天tan2 tian1
to chat
谈天说地談天說地tan2 tian1 shuo1 di4
to talk endlessly; talking of anything under the sun
谈吐談吐tan2 tu3
style of conversation
谈笑风生談笑風生tan2 xiao4 feng1 sheng1
to talk cheerfully and wittily; to joke together
谈笑自若談笑自若tan2 xiao4 zi4 ruo4
to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened; to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)
谈心談心tan2 xin1
to have a heart-to-heart chat
谈星談星tan2 xing1
astrology; fortune-telling
谈性变色談性變色tan2 xing4 bian4 se4
to turn green at the mention of sex; prudish
谈资談資tan2 zi1
sth that people like to chat about; topic of idle conversation
无话不谈無話不談wu2 hua4 bu4 tan2
not to hold anything back (idiom); (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
无稽之谈無稽之談wu2 ji1 zhi1 tan2
complete nonsense (idiom)
晤谈晤談wu4 tan2
to speak face to face; meeting; interview
闲谈閑談xian2 tan2
variant of 閒談|闲谈
闲谈閒談xian2 tan2
to chat
乡谈鄉談xiang1 tan2
local dialect
笑谈笑談xiao4 tan2
object of ridicule; laughingstock; to laugh over sth; to make light chat
谐谈諧談xie2 tan2
joking; humorous talk
叙谈敘談xu4 tan2
to chat
言谈言談yan2 tan2
discourse; words; utterance; what one says; manner of speech
言谈林薮言談林藪yan2 tan2 lin2 sou3
articulate in speech (idiom); eloquent
杂谈雜談za2 tan2
discussion of various topics
纸上谈兵紙上談兵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 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC