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1 my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
2 what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary

卑之，无甚高论

bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn

1 my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
2 what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary

品头论足

pǐn tóu lùn zú

1 lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance
2 fig. to find fault in minor details
3 nitpicking
4 overcritical

坐而论道

zuò ér lùn dào

1 to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)

Sample Sentences

三日，中非合作论坛北京峰会在人民大会堂开幕，

sānrì ，ZhōngFēi hézuò lùntán Běijīng fēnghuì zài RénmínDàhuìtáng kāimù ，

On the 3rd, the opening of the Beijing Summit of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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二零一五年中非合作论坛约翰内斯堡峰会上提出的“十大合作计划”已全部得到落实或做出安排，在此基础上习近平主席在北京峰会上提出了对非合作“八大行动”。

èrlíngyīwǔnián ZhōngFēi hézuò lùntán Yuēhànnèisībǎo fēnghuì shàng tíchū de “shí dà hézuò jìhuà ”yǐ quánbù dédào luòshí huò zuòchū ānpái ，zài cǐ jīchǔ shàng XíJìnpíng zhǔxí zài Běijīng fēnghuì shàng tíchū le duì Fēi hézuò “bā dà xíngdòng ”。

At the 2015 China-Africa Cooperation Forum Johannesburg Summit, the “Top Ten Cooperation Plans” have all been implemented or arranged. Therefore President Xi Jinping proposed a further “Eight Actions” for cooperation at the Beijing Summit.

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粤港澳大湾区建设基础坚实，潜力巨大，完全有把握有信心打造成世界级大湾区四月九日博鳌亚洲论坛二零一八年年会上，粤港澳大湾区再次成为中国乃至世界的关注点。

yuègǎngàodàwānqū jiànshè jīchǔ jiānshí ，qiánlì jùdà ，wánquán yǒu bǎwò yǒu xìnxīn dǎzào chéng shìjièjí Dàwānqū Sìyuè jiǔrì Bóáo Yàzhōu lùntán èrlíngyībānián niánhuì shàng ，yuègǎngàodàwānqū zàicì chéngwéi Zhōngguó nǎizhì shìjiè de guānzhù diǎn 。

The foundation for the China Greater Bay Area is firm and it has strong potential to become a world class city cluster on the world stage. At the BOAO Forum for the Asia Annual Conference 2018 held on 9 April, the organisers noted that the China Greater Bay Area will become a key focus for the rest of the world.

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一带一路国际合作高峰论坛开幕式，习近平主席《携手推进“一带一路”建设》节选。

YīdàiYīlù guójì hézuò gāofēng lùntán kāimùshì ，XíJìnpíng zhǔxí 《xiéshǒu tuījìn “YīdàiYīlù ”jiànshè 》jiéxuǎn 。

Excerpts from President Xi Jinping’s remarks on “collaborating on pushing forward the infrastructure of the One Belt One Road initiatives at the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

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本期论坛我们非常荣幸地邀请到了我校杰出校友，前国家外交部新闻发言人洪辉先生。洪辉先生现任职于国家外交部新闻司。在他担任外交部发言人期间，所经历的外交实务不可谓不丰富。

běn qí lùntán wǒmen fēicháng róngxìng de yāoqǐng dào le wǒ xiào jiéchū xiàoyǒu ，qián guójiā wàijiāobù xīnwén fāyánrén Hóng Huī xiānsheng 。Hóng Huī xiānsheng xiàn rènzhíyú guójiā wàijiāobù xīnwénsī 。zài tā dānrèn wàijiāobù fāyánrén qījiān ，suǒ jīnglì de wàijiāo shíwù bù kěwèi bù fēngfù 。

We're very honored to have a distinguished school alumnus at the forum this time, the former spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Hui Hong. Mr Hong is currently Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Information Office. He dealt with what can only be described as a diverse range of international affairs during his tenure as spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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各位同学，大家晚上好！欢迎大家来到今晚的尖峰论坛。

gèwèi tóngxué ，dàjiā wǎnshang hǎo ！huānyíng dàjiā láidào jīnwǎn de jiānfēng lùntán 。

Good evening everyone! Welcome to this evening's summit.

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好，我们言归正传，上周呢我接到了了钟校长的邮件，可谓诚惶诚恐，校长邀请我参加母校的尖峰论坛并希望我与大家谈一谈外交辞令的相关内容。

hǎo ，wǒmen yánguīzhèngzhuàn ，shàngzhōu ne wǒ jiēdào le le Zhōng xiàozhǎng de yóujiàn ，kěwèi chénghuángchéngkǒng ，xiàozhǎng yāoqǐng wǒ cānjiā mǔxiào de jiānfēng lùntán bìng xīwàng wǒ yǔ dàjiā tán yi tán wàijiāo cílìng de xiāngguān nèiróng 。

OK, now getting back to the main topic, when I received an email from Principal Zhong, you could say I was sent into panic. The principal invited me to attend a summit at my alma mater and hoped that I would be able to talk to everyone about diplomatic rhetoric.

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所谓论坛也是抛砖引玉，以期我们可以展开对论题的共同探讨，也请各位外交界的后起之秀们不吝赐教。

suǒwèi lùntán yě shì pāozhuānyǐnyù ，yǐ qī wǒmen kěyǐ zhǎnkāi duì lùntí de gòngtóng tàntǎo ，yě qǐng gèwèi wàijiāo jiè de hòuqǐzhīxiù men bùlìn cìjiào 。

In this forum my comments will only serve as a spark to inflame discussion in the hope that we can start a deeper joint exploration of these issues and I welcome the young up and comers in the diplomatic scene to put forth their opinions.

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如果是为了在网上交流，获得各种信息，我更倾向于去论坛。每个论坛都会有自己特定的主题，聚在那里的朋友也都有着和这些主题相关的共同爱好，大家比较谈得来，也能共享很多有用的资料和经验，不像博客那样仅仅着重于个人的看法和日常生活。

rúguǒ shì wèile zài wǎngshàng jiāoliú ，huòdé gèzhǒng xìnxī ，wǒ gèng qīngxiàngyú qù lùntán 。měige lùntán dōuhuì yǒu zìjǐ tèdìng de zhǔtí ，jù zài nàlǐ de péngyou yě dōu yǒu zhe hé zhèxiē zhǔtí xiāngguān de gòngtóng àihào ，dàjiā bǐjiào tándelái ，yě néng gòngxiǎng hěn duō yǒuyòng de zīliào hé jīngyàn ，bù xiàng bókè nàyàng jǐnjǐn zhuózhòng yú gèrén de kànfǎ hé rìchángshēnghuó 。

For exchanging information online, and getting all kinds of information, I'm more inclined to use forums. Every forum has a fixed theme. The friends who assemble there all have a shared interest in these themes. Everybody gets along pretty well, and they can share a lot of materials and experience. It's not like a blog, where it puts a ton of weight on a single person's opinions and daily life.

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但是博客的主题都是由博主自己来决定，访客只能针对这些主题回复自己的看法而已，却没有发表权。而在论坛，每个人都能自由发表或回复不同主题的帖子，得到自己想要的信息，所以我还是觉得论坛更实用。

dànshì bókè de zhǔtí dōu shì yóu bózhǔ zìjǐ lái juédìng ，fǎngkè zhǐnéng zhēnduì zhèxiē zhǔtí huífù zìjǐde kànfǎ éryǐ ，què méiyǒu fābiǎoquán 。ér zài lùntán ，měigerén dōu néng zìyóu fābiǎo huò huífù bùtóng zhǔtí de tiězi ，dédào zìjǐ xiǎng yào de xìnxī ，suǒyǐ wǒ hái shì juéde lùntán gèng shíyòng 。

But the topics on blogs are all determined by the blogger. Visitors can only only reply with their own opinions about these topics. They don't have the power to publish. But on forums, each person can publish freely or reply to different topics, and get the information he needs. So I still think forums are more useful.

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