闲言碎语

閒言碎語

xiányánsuìyǔ

noun #27,480

Meanings

1 idle gossip
2 groundless talk
3 tittle-tattle

Characters

idle; leisure; free time

broken; fragmentary; trivial

language; words

Examples

别听那些闲言碎语，做好自己的事就行。

Bié tīng nàxiē xiányánsuìyǔ, zuò hǎo zìjǐ de shì jiù xíng.

Don't listen to all that gossip — just focus on your own business.

村里总有些爱说闲言碎语的人。

Cūn lǐ zǒng yǒu xiē ài shuō xiányánsuìyǔ de rén.

There are always people in the village who love to gossip.

Tips

usage

闲言碎语 is often used in the negative: 别说闲言碎语 (don't gossip) or 不理会闲言碎语 (ignore the gossip). The 碎 (broken, fragmentary) reinforces the trivial, scattered nature of the talk.

Stroke Order

闲 xián

言 yán

碎 suì

语 yǔ