絮絮叨叨

xùxudāodāo

phrase #29,054

Meanings

1 long-winded
2 garrulous
3 to prattle on endlessly without getting to the point

Characters

cotton fluff; to pad; scattered

to talk incessantly; to nag

Examples

她絮絮叨叨地说了一个小时，我都快睡着了。

Tā xùxu dāodāo de shuō le yī gè xiǎoshí, wǒ dōu kuài shuìzháo le.

She went on and on for an hour and I was nearly falling asleep.

别絮絮叨叨的了，说重点。

Bié xùxu dāodāo de le, shuō zhòngdiǎn.

Stop rambling — get to the point.

Tips

memory

絮 means 'cotton fluff' (loose and scattered), and 叨 means 'to talk persistently' — 絮絮叨叨 evokes cotton-like talk that spreads everywhere without a clear center.

Stroke Order

絮 xù

叨 dāo