谈天说地

談天說地

tántiān-shuōdì

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Meanings

HSK 1

他们喝着茶，谈天说地。

Tāmen hē zhe chá, tántiān-shuōdì.

They sipped tea and chatted about everything.

HSK 7-9

老朋友坐下来谈天说地，不知不觉到了深夜。

Lǎo péngyǒu zuò xiàlái tántiān-shuōdì, bùzhī-bùjué dào le shēnyè.

Old friends sat down talking about everything under the sun and didn't notice the night slipping by.

Neutral, even warm - implies relaxed, wide-ranging conversation among friends. Not 'gossip' (that's 说长道短).

谈 tán

天 tiān

说 shuō

地 dì