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絮絮叨叨

Mandarin · pinyin xù xu dāo dāo

long-winded
garrulous
to talk endlessly without getting to the point

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絮: xù · waste cotton, raw silk or cotton
叨: dāo · talkative; quarrelous

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4–5–1–1 · xu4 xu5 dao1 dao1

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seoi5 seoi5 dou1 dou1

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adj

(ideophonic, colloquial) long-winded; talking endlessly; jabbering

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