促膝谈心

促膝談心

cùxī-tánxīn

idiom #42,787

Meanings

1 to sit knee to knee and have a heart-to-heart
2 to have an intimate conversation

Characters

close; to press

Examples

老朋友见面，促膝谈心。

Lǎopéngyou jiànmiàn, cùxītánxīn.

Old friends met and had a heart-to-heart talk.

他俩常常在炉边促膝谈心。

Tāliǎ chángcháng zài lú biān cùxītánxīn.

The two of them often chat intimately by the hearth.

Tips

memory

促 means 'close', 膝 is 'knee' — picture two people sitting so close their knees touch. That's how close the conversation is.

Stroke Order

促 cù

膝 xī

谈 tán

心 xīn