避而不谈
bì'ér​bù​tán

to evade the subject

  • created sense approved 避而不谈/避而不談 · bì'ér​bù​tán · to evade the subject — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    避而不谈 / 避而不談

    bì'ér​bù​tán

    to evade the subject

    to avoid talking about something; to dodge a topic or question intentionally

    避 (literal) → 避 · bì · to avoid 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 谈 (literal) → 谈/談 · tán · to talk

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

    created sense