闲扯

閒扯

xiánchě

verb #22,916

Meanings

1 to chat
2 to make idle talk
3 to talk nonsense
4 to rabbit on

Characters

to drag / to talk at length / to chat casually

Examples

别闲扯了，快去做作业！

Bié xiánchě le, kuài qù zuò zuòyè!

Stop chatting and go do your homework!

他们两人一见面就开始闲扯。

Tāmen liǎng rén yī jiàn miàn jiù kāishǐ xiánchě.

The two of them start chatting the moment they meet.

Tips

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闲扯 can be affectionate (idle chitchat between friends) or mildly dismissive (stop talking nonsense). Context and tone determine which sense is intended.

Stroke Order

闲 xián

扯 chě