三句話不離本行

简 三句话不离本行 · 繁 三句話不離本行
Mandarin · pinyin sān jù huà bù lí běn háng

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  1. to talk shop all the time (idiom)
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三
sān · three
句
jù · sentence
話
huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
離
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本
běn · root, origin, source; basis
行
xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
话
huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
离
lí · rare beast; strange; elegant
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1–4–4–4–2–3–2 · san1 ju4 hua4 bu4 li2 ben3 hang2

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saam1 geoi3 waa6 bat1 lei4 bun2 hong4

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三句話不離本行 · san1 ju4 hua4 bu4 li2 ben3 hang2
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Exact source record三句話不離本行 三句话不离本行 [san1 ju4 hua4 bu4 li2 ben3 hang2] /to talk shop all the time (idiom)/