三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
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1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
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1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
二话不说
èr huà bù shuō
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1 not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
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2 without demur
句句实话
jù jù shí huà
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1 to speak honestly (idiom)
无话不谈
wú huà bù tán
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1 not to hold anything back (idiom)
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2 (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
无话可说
wú huà kě shuō
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1 to have nothing to say (idiom)
煞费苦心
shà fèi kǔ xīn
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1 to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
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2 at the cost of a lot of effort
白费唇舌
bái fèi chún shé
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1 to whistle down the wind
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2 to waste one's breath (idiom)
睁眼说瞎话
zhēng yǎn shuō xiā huà
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1 to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
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2 to talk drivel
睁着眼睛说瞎话
zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà
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1 to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
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2 to talk drivel
站着说话不腰疼
zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng
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1 it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom)
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2 to be an armchair expert
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3 to blabber on
听话听声,锣鼓听音
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
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1 to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
话不投机
huà bù tóu jī
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1 the conversation is disagreeable (idiom)
话不投机半句多
huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō
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1 when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion (idiom)
话到嘴边留三分
huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn
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1 A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
话多不甜
huà duō bù tián
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1 too much talk is a nuisance (idiom)
说来话长
shuō lái huà cháng
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1 start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
费人思索
fèi rén sī suǒ
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1 to think oneself to exhaustion (idiom)
费力不讨好
fèi lì bù tǎo hǎo
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1 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
费尽心思
fèi jìn xīn si
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1 to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through