答讪
搭讪 (搭訕) dā​shàn
break silence verb
to start talking in order to end an awkward silence or ease an embarrassing situation

由于气氛太尴尬，他赶紧搭讪了几句来转移大家的注意力。

yóu​yú qì​fēn tài gān​gà, tā gǎn​jǐn dā​shàn le jǐ jù lái zhuǎn​yí dà​jiā de zhù​yì​lì.

Since the atmosphere was so awkward, he quickly struck up a conversation to distract everyone.

strike up conversation verb
to initiate a conversation with someone, often with the intent of flirting or making an acquaintance

他在书店里主动跟那个女孩搭讪。

tā zài shū​diàn lǐ zhǔ​dòng gēn nà gè nǚ​hái dā​shàn.

He took the initiative to strike up a conversation with that girl in the bookstore.

Frequency
Written text
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Sources
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)