丛谈
cóng tán
Pinyin

Definition

丛谈
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cóng tán
  1. discussion
  2. forum

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

cóng
  1. 1 cluster
  2. 2 collection
  3. 3 collection of books
  4. 4 thicket
fǎng tán
  1. 1 to visit and discuss
  2. 2 to interview
Tán
  1. 1 surname Tan
tán liàn ài
  1. 1 to court
  2. 2 to go steady
  3. 3 to be dating
tán huà
  1. 1 to talk (with sb)
  2. 2 to have a conversation
  3. 3 talk
  4. 4 conversation
  5. 5 CL:次[cì]
jiāo tán
  1. 1 to discuss
  2. 2 to converse
  3. 3 chat
  4. 4 discussion
jiàn tán
  1. 1 entertaining in conversation
cóng lín
  1. 1 jungle
  2. 2 thicket
  3. 3 forest
  4. 4 Buddhist monastery
cóng shēng
  1. 1 growing as a thicket
  2. 2 overgrown
  3. 3 breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)
dà tán
  1. 1 to harangue
  2. 2 to yak
zuò tán huì
  1. 1 conference
  2. 2 symposium
  3. 3 rap session
chàng tán
  1. 1 to talk freely
  2. 2 to discuss without inhibition
huì tán
  1. 1 talks
  2. 2 discussions
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
qià tán
  1. 1 to discuss
wú huà bù tán
  1. 1 not to hold anything back (idiom)
  2. 2 (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
kōng tán
  1. 1 prattle
  2. 2 idle chit-chat
xiào tán
  1. 1 object of ridicule
  2. 2 laughingstock
  3. 3 to laugh over sth
  4. 4 to make light chat
huā cóng
  1. 1 cluster of flowers
  2. 2 inflorescence
  3. 3 flowering shrub
cǎo cóng
  1. 1 underbrush
yán tán
  1. 1 discourse
  2. 2 words
  3. 3 utterance
  4. 4 what one says
  5. 5 manner of speech

Idioms (16)

促膝谈心
cù xī tán xīn
  1. 1 to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)
奇谈怪论
qí tán guài lùn
  1. 1 strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable remarks
撇开不谈
piē kāi bù tán
  1. 1 to ignore an issue (idiom)
混为一谈
hùn wéi yī tán
  1. 1 to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
无稽之谈
wú jī zhī tán
  1. 1 complete nonsense (idiom)
无话不谈
wú huà bù tán
  1. 1 not to hold anything back (idiom)
  2. 2 (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
百弊丛生
bǎi bì cóng shēng
  1. 1 All the ill effects appear. (idiom)
纸上谈兵
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
  1. 1 lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
  3. 3 armchair strategist
  4. 4 idle theorizing
  5. 5 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
老生常谈
lǎo shēng cháng tán
  1. 1 an old observation (idiom)
  2. 2 a truism
  3. 3 banal comments
街谈巷议
jiē tán xiàng yì
  1. 1 the talk of the town (idiom)
言谈林薮
yán tán lín sǒu
  1. 1 articulate in speech (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
谈何容易
tán hé róng yì
  1. 1 easier said than done (idiom)
谈古论今
tán gǔ lùn jīn
  1. 1 to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom)
  2. 2 to chat freely
  3. 3 to discuss everything
谈情说爱
tán qíng shuō ài
  1. 1 to murmur endearments (idiom)
  2. 2 to get into a romantic relationship
谈虎色变
tán hǔ sè biàn
  1. 1 to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 to be scared at the mere mention of
闭口不谈
bì kǒu bù tán
  1. 1 to refuse to say anything about (idiom)
  2. 2 to remain tight-lipped
  3. 3 to avoid mentioning

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