chà​kāi

to change the subject

岔开 岔開 chà//kāi
to change the subject verb + particle
to divert or change the topic of conversation

I changed the subject.

to branch off
to diverge or turn aside; to branch off a road
to stagger
to space out or stagger times to avoid a conflict

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.600 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.621 per million

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