無話不談
简 无话不谈 · 繁 無話不談Meanings
- not to hold anything back (idiom)
- (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
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2–4–4–2 · wu2 hua4 bu4 tan2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
mou4 waa6 bat1 taam4
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- (idiomatic) for there to be nothing between two people that is not spoken, no topic that is taboo; to talk about anything and everything, symbolising a close relationship in which no secrets are kept
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