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1 to have hidden meaning

2 implication

3 more than just the apparent meaning

4 something hinted

1 to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information

2 to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed

1 overtones in conversation

2 things indirectly implied from what is said

1 to do as promised

2 to be as good as one's word

3 to honor one's word

4 to mean what one says

1 to fail to keep to one's word

2 to break a promise

1 colloquial speech

1 joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan

1 the content of a conversation

2 words

3 remarks

1 unreasonable

2 shocking

3 outrageous

4 also written 不像話|不像话

1 Hakka dialect

1 Mandarin (common language)

2 Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)

3 ordinary speech

1 witticism

2 wisecrack

3 sarcastic remark

4 double entendre

1 too much talk is a nuisance (idiom)

1 cheesy pick-up lines

1 hidden barbs in one's words

2 hostile subtext

1 conventional greeting

2 polite formula

1 phonograph or radio (old term)

2 chatterbox

3 talkative person

1 whisperings

2 private words

3 confidences

4 sweet nothings

1 to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself