三句不離本行
sān​jù​bù​lí​běn​háng

to talk shop

  • created sense approved 三句不离本行/三句不離本行 · sān​jù​bù​lí​běn​háng · to talk shop — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三句不离本行 / 三句不離本行

    sān​jù​bù​lí​běn​háng

    to talk shop

    to talk about one's own profession or work all the time; refers to a person's conversation always returning to their line of business or expertise

    三 (literal) → 三 · sān · many 句 (literal) → 句 · jù · [classifier] 不离 (literal) → 不离/不離 · bù​lí · to not leave 本行 (literal) → 本行 · běn​háng · one's own profession

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense