Mar 07
成语：谈天说地
发音：tán tiān shuō dì
解释：指随便谈论，漫无边际。
翻译：to shoot the breeze
Here we have a Chinese idiom that means “to talk casually” in English. 谈 说 both means to chat, talk, discuss. 天 地 mean the world or everything. This Chengyu again has the structure verb-noun-verb-noun. The English meaning would be “to talk casually”. Or there is also the similar English idiom “to shoot the breeze”. In German there is also a very similar expression “über Gott und die Welt reden”. Other Chinese expressions you could use are 聊天 or 闲聊.
Example:
- 在火车上大家没事儿干就开始谈天说地。
On the train we had nothing to do, so we were just shooting the breeze.
Thanks,
Put some great content here, I particularly like this one because I could work out what it meant for myself.
That’s good to hear!
I try to have a good mix between easier and more difficult Chengyu.
Thanks for your continuing support :)