Definition
This is a four-character idiom (chengyu) meaning 'to chat about everything under the sun'. It describes casual, wide-ranging conversation that covers all sorts of topics — from personal news to current events. The literal meaning is 'talk sky, talk earth', but you use it for relaxed social chatting, not for formal discussions.
f.e.
to talk about everything under the sunto have a wide-ranging chat
Examples
- ，谈天说地。Lǎo péngyou jiànmiàn, zuì ài tán tiān shuō dì.Old friends meeting each other love to chat about everything.
- 谈天说地，。Wǒmen yìbiān hē chá yìbiān tán tiān shuō dì, liáo le liǎng gè xiǎoshí.We chatted about everything while drinking tea, and talked for two hours.
- 谈天说地，。Tāmen zuò zài gōngyuán de cháng yǐ shàng tán tiān shuō dì, bù zhī bù jué tiān dōu hēi le.They sat on a park bench chatting about everything, and before they knew it, it was dark.
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