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談笑風生

简谈笑风生 · 繁談笑風生

Mandarin · pinyin tán xiào fēng shēng

to talk cheerfully and wittily
to joke together

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談: tán · talk; conversation; surname
笑: xiào · smile, laugh, giggle; snicker
風: fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere; Kangxi radical 182
生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
谈: tán · talk; conversation; surname
风: fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere

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2–4–1–1 · tan2 xiao4 feng1 sheng1

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taam4 siu3 fung1 sang1

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(idiomatic) to talk in a jovial mood; to joke together; to talk cheerfully and wittily

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