说短道长
shuō​duǎn​dào​cháng

to gossip

  • created reference approved 说短道长/說短道長 → 说长道短/說長道短 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    说短道长 / 說短道長 shuō​duǎn​dào​cháng

    说长道短 / 說長道短 shuō​cháng​dào​duǎn

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 说短道长/說短道長 · shuō​duǎn​dào​cháng · to gossip — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    说短道长 / 說短道長

    shuō​duǎn​dào​cháng

    to gossip

    To talk behind people's backs; to gossip or criticize others freely; to discuss who is right and who is wrong.

    说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say 短 (literal) → 短 · duǎn · weak point 道 (literal) → 道 · dào · to say 长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · forte

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

    created sense