娓娓而谈
wěi​wěi'ér​tán

to speak engagingly

  • created sense approved 娓娓而谈/娓娓而談 · wěi​wěi'ér​tán · to speak engagingly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    娓娓而谈 / 娓娓而談

    wěi​wěi'ér​tán

    to speak engagingly

    (idiom) to talk in a kindly and informal fashion; to speak continuously and persuasively

    娓娓 (reduplication) → 娓 · wěi · tireless 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 谈 (literal) → 谈/談 · tán · to talk

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

    created sense