说闲话 shuōxiánhuà HSK7 chat Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 说闲话 (說閒話) shuōxiánhuà chat expression to engage in idle talk or casual conversation 我们只是在说闲话，没谈什么正事。 wǒmen zhǐshì zài shuōxiánhuà, méi tán shénme zhèngshì. We were just making small talk, not discussing anything serious. gossip expression to spread rumors or speak ill of others behind their backs 他在背后说闲话，让大家都很不高兴。 tā zài bèihòu shuōxiánhuà, ràng dàjiā dōu hěn bù gāoxìng. He's gossiping behind people's backs, which makes everyone unhappy. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.13 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.336 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
说闲话 (說閒話) shuōxiánhuà chat expression to engage in idle talk or casual conversation 我们只是在说闲话，没谈什么正事。 wǒmen zhǐshì zài shuōxiánhuà, méi tán shénme zhèngshì. We were just making small talk, not discussing anything serious. gossip expression to spread rumors or speak ill of others behind their backs 他在背后说闲话，让大家都很不高兴。 tā zài bèihòu shuōxiánhuà, ràng dàjiā dōu hěn bù gāoxìng. He's gossiping behind people's backs, which makes everyone unhappy. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.13 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.336 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
