泛泛而談
fàn​fàn'ér​tán

to talk in generalities

  • created sense approved 泛泛而谈/泛泛而談 · fàn​fàn'ér​tán · to talk in generalities — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    泛泛而谈 / 泛泛而談

    fàn​fàn'ér​tán

    to talk in generalities

    to speak in generalities or discuss a subject in a superficial way without going into specifics

    泛泛 (reduplication) → 泛 · fàn · superficial 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