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话不投机半句多
huà​bù​tóu​jī​bàn​jù​duō

disagreeable talk is a waste of breath

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
话不投机半句多 話不投機半句多 huà​bù​tóu​jī​bàn​jù​duō
disagreeable talk is a waste of breath
(idiom) if two people do not share the same views, even half a sentence is too much; when conversations become disagreeable, saying one more word is a waste of time
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