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無話不說

简无话不说 · 繁無話不說

Mandarin · pinyin wú huà bù shuō

(of close friends etc) to tell each other everything

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無: Look up this written character
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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(idiomatic) to be able to talk about everything (with each other)

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