surname Tan

to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss

to discuss; to converse; chat; discussion

talks; discussions; CL:次[ci4]

to visit and discuss; to interview

(idiom) complete nonsense

face-to-face meeting; an interview

peace talks

out of the question; pointless to discuss it

entertaining in conversation

to confer; to discuss; to engage in talks

to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle

prattle; idle chit-chat

variant of 閒談|闲谈[xian2 tan2]

an old observation (idiom); a truism; banal comments

to discuss

variant of 誇誇其談|夸夸其谈[kua1 kua1 qi2 tan2]

to communicate by means of written notes (instead of speaking); to publish one's opinion (e.g. as part of a scholarly dialogue); (in book titles) essays; sketches

discussion; forum

local dialect

to prate

to have a good talk

to chat

to harangue; to yak

odd story; exotic tale; fig. ridiculous argument

commune; private discussion

to talk with sb (face to face); discussion; talk; chat

to have an informal discussion; CL:次[ci4]

to talk nonsense (dialect)

to chat

to speak face to face; meeting; interview

discussion of various topics

to have an in depth conversation; to have intimate talks; to discuss thoroughly

light intellectual conversation

to talk freely; to discuss without inhibition

object of ridicule; laughingstock; to laugh over sth; to make light chat

to arrange a meeting for a formal talk (usu. by an authority with a subordinate); to summon for questioning or a warning

to talk freely

anecdote passed on with approbation

to have a discussion in a group; to have a chat with sb

discourse; words; utterance; what one says; manner of speech

joking; humorous talk

a long talk

Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1]

Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1]

absurd statement; cock-and-bull story

to speak frankly with assurance

Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia

peace talks; peace discussions