無話不說

简 无话不说 · 繁 無話不說
Mandarin · pinyin wú huà bù shuō

Meanings

  1. (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
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無
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話
huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
說
shuō · speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
话
huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
说
shuō · speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
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2–4–4–1 · wu2 hua4 bu4 shuo1

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  1. (idiomatic) to be able to talk about everything (with each other)

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