絮絮叨叨

xùxudāodāo
phrase #29,054

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 2
Bié xùxudāodāo de le, shuō zhòngdiǎn.
Stop rambling - get to the point.
HSK 4
Tā xùxudāodāo 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.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

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