1 theme

2 subject

1 question

2 problem

3 issue

4 topic

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 word

2 statement

3 speech

4 lyrics

5 classifier: 组 zǔ

6 classifier: 个 gè

7 a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Sòng cháo]

8 classifier: 首 shǒu

1 subject (of a talk or conversation)

2 topic

1 pronoun

2 synonym

3 byword

1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

1 to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery

1 each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf

1 to equivocate

2 to talk evasively (idiom)

1 to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)