"to chatter idly" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 侃大山 | to chatter idly / to gossip / to boast or brag |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 胡扯 | to chatter / nonsense / blather | syn | |
| 唠叨 嘮叨 | to prattle / to chatter away / to nag / garrulous / nagging | syn | |
| 喋喋不休 | to chatter or jabber on and on | syn | |
| 叽叽喳喳 嘰嘰喳喳 | (onom.) chirp / twitter / buzzing / to chatter continuously | syn | |
| 守株待兔 | lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative | syn | |
| 闲坐 閑坐 | to sit around / to sit idly | ||
| 等闲 等閑 | ordinary / common / unimportant / idly / for no reason | syn | |
| 哈拉 | to chat idly (Tw) | ||
| 叨叨 | to chatter / to hog the conversation | ||
| 絮絮 | endless prattle / to chatter incessantly | ||
| 絮语 絮語 | to chatter incessantly | syn | |
| 噜 嚕 | grumble / chatter | ||
| 耍贫嘴 耍貧嘴 | (coll.) to wag one's tongue / to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes / to chatter endlessly / to speak glibly | syn | |
| 有一搭没一搭 有一搭沒一搭 | unimportant / perfunctory / indifferent / (of conversation) idly | ||
| 驴唇马觜 驢脣馬觜 | lit.camel's lip, horse's mouth (idiom) / fig. to chatter / nonsense / blather | ||
| 打屁 | to chat idly | ||
| 看不过 看不過 | cannot stand by idly and watch / unable to put up with it any longer / see 看不過去|看不过去[kan4 bu5 guo4 qu5] | ||
| 无心插柳柳成阴 無心插柳柳成陰 | lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫 | ||
| 看不过去 看不過去 | cannot stand by idly and watch / unable to put up with it any longer | ||
| 蛋逼 | (dialect) to talk nonsense / to chat idly | ||
| 闲侃 閑侃 | to chat idly | ||
| 扯犊子 扯犢子 | (dialect) to talk nonsense / to chat idly | ||
| 指点江山 指點江山 | to talk idly about important matters (idiom) / to set the world to rights / to pass judgment on everything | ||
| 耍废 耍廢 | (Tw) (slang) to pass time idly / to chill / to hang out | ||
| 呆站 | to stand idly | ||
| 喇赛 喇賽 | (Tw) (slang) to chat idly / to gossip (from Taiwanese 抐屎, Tai-lo pr. [lā-sái]) | ||
| 姁 | chatter like old woman / cheerful | ||
| 駗 | chatter mark | ||
| 刺刺不休 | to talk incessantly / to chatter on and on | syn | |
| 喋喋 | to chatter endlessly | ||
| 囒 | confused chatter / incomprehensible babble / variant of 讕|谰, to accuse unjustly | ||
| 磨叨 | to grumble / to chatter | ||
| 磨豆腐 | to grumble / to chatter away incessantly | ||
| 絮嘴 | to chatter endlessly | ||
| 絮聒 | noisy prattle / to chatter loudly | ||
| 絮说 絮說 | to chatter endlessly | ||
| 听信谣言 聽信謠言 | to take heed of idle chatter (idiom) | ||
| 唠唠叨叨 嘮嘮叨叨 | to chatter / to babble | ||
| 呶呶不休 | (idiom) to chatter endlessly / to talk nonstop | syn | |
| 喋喋不休 | (idiom) to chatter endlessly / to talk nonstop | syn |