chà​kāi

change the subject

岔开 (岔開) chà​kāi
change the subject verb
to divert a conversation to another topic to avoid a certain matter
branch off verb
to diverge or branch off from a main road or path

Frequency

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

Sources

Definitions
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