Read Edit View history 搭讪 dāshàn break silence Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 搭讪 (搭訕) dāshàn break silence verb to start talking in order to end an awkward silence or ease an embarrassing situation 由于气氛太尴尬，他赶紧搭讪了几句来转移大家的注意力。 yóuyú qìfēn tài gāngà, tā gǎnjǐn dāshàn le jǐ jù lái zhuǎnyí dàjiā de zhùyìlì. Since the atmosphere was so awkward, he quickly struck up a conversation to distract everyone. strike up conversation verb to initiate a conversation with someone, often with the intent of flirting or making an acquaintance 他在书店里主动跟那个女孩搭讪。 tā zài shūdiàn lǐ zhǔdòng gēn nà gè nǚhái dāshàn. He took the initiative to strike up a conversation with that girl in the bookstore. Frequency Movie subtitles 5.84 per million appears in 3% of films Written text 2.54 per million Cross-References Has variant 搭赸 dāshàn答讪 dāshàn Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
搭讪 (搭訕) dāshàn break silence verb to start talking in order to end an awkward silence or ease an embarrassing situation 由于气氛太尴尬，他赶紧搭讪了几句来转移大家的注意力。 yóuyú qìfēn tài gāngà, tā gǎnjǐn dāshàn le jǐ jù lái zhuǎnyí dàjiā de zhùyìlì. Since the atmosphere was so awkward, he quickly struck up a conversation to distract everyone. strike up conversation verb to initiate a conversation with someone, often with the intent of flirting or making an acquaintance 他在书店里主动跟那个女孩搭讪。 tā zài shūdiàn lǐ zhǔdòng gēn nà gè nǚhái dāshàn. He took the initiative to strike up a conversation with that girl in the bookstore. Frequency Movie subtitles 5.84 per million appears in 3% of films Written text 2.54 per million Cross-References Has variant 搭赸 dāshàn答讪 dāshàn Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)