说东道西
shuō​dōng​dào​xī

to chat about this and that

  • created reference approved 说东道西/說東道西 → 说东谈西/說東談西 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    说东道西 / 說東道西 shuō​dōng​dào​xī

    说东谈西 / 說東談西 shuō​dōng​tán​xī

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 说东道西/說東道西 · shuō​dōng​dào​xī · to chat about this and that — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    说东道西 / 說東道西

    shuō​dōng​dào​xī

    to chat about this and that

    To talk about anything and everything; to chatter away or gossip. This term is often used with a negative tone to describe someone talking idly or making irresponsible remarks.

    说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say 东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · [haphazard] 道 (literal) → 道 · dào · to say 西 (literal) → 西 · xī · here and there

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

    created sense