谈吐 (談吐)
tán tǔ
Pinyin
Definition
谈吐 (談吐)
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- style of conversation
Character Decomposition
Idioms (8)
不吐不快
- 1 to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom)
倾心吐胆
- 1 to pour out one's heart (idiom)
口吐毒焰
- 1 lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
- 2 to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
吐故纳新
- 1 lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
吐丝自缚
- 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- 2 hoist with his own petard
Sample Sentences
油腻:是对某些中年男子特征的概括描述,这些特征包括不注重身材保养、不修边幅、谈吐粗鲁等。是个贬义词。
油腻(greasy): It is a term that implies that a person's integrity is questionable. It is a derogatory term.