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清谈

清談
qīngtán
noun #88,052

Meanings

  1. 1 pure conversation, the philosophical debates of Wei and Jin scholars
  2. 2 idle talk, talk with no practical use

Examples

HSK 5
会上大家只是清谈，没有人拿出具体的办法。
Huì shàng dàjiā zhǐshì qīngtán, méiyǒu rén náchū jùtǐ de bànfǎ.
At the meeting people did nothing but talk, and no one came up with a concrete plan.
HSK 7-9
几个老朋友在茶馆里清谈了一下午。
Jǐ ge lǎopéngyou zài cháguǎn lǐ qīngtán le yí xiàwǔ.
A few old friends spent the whole afternoon chatting idly in the teahouse.
HSK 7-9
魏晋时期的清谈，谈的多是玄学和《周易》。
Wèi Jìn shíqī de qīngtán, tán de duō shì xuánxué hé 《 Zhōuyì 》.
The pure conversation of the Wei and Jin dealt mostly with Neo-Daoist philosophy and the Book of Changes.

Tips

history
In the Wei and Jin dynasties (220–420), 名士 met to debate Laozi, Zhuangzi and the 周易, the school known as 玄学, often holding a 麈尾 whisk as they spoke. Later writers blamed the fashion for the fall of the Western Jin, coining 清谈误国, "pure talk ruins the country", which gave the word its second, critical sense.

Stroke Order

清 qīng
谈 tán