indulge in idle gossip
Long story short, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Shu ō ch á nghu à Du ǎ n, which means to discuss the good and bad of others. The same as "gossiping". It's from Xingshi Hengyan by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: gossiping, debating, gossiping, gossiping, gossiping antonym: tight lipped, silent
The origin of Idioms
Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan of the Ming Dynasty (Volume 3): "on the Yellow female Lu Jia by counting the black, let's make a long story short and let's make a short one."
Idiom usage
It can be used as predicate, object and attribute. These gentlemen and doctors must have a few people from the pear garden to sit in the dress team and gossip at their family dinner. What a system! The 53rd chapter of scholars by Wu Jingzi in Qing Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : shuō cháng huà duǎn
indulge in idle gossip
die for the sake of the country. shā shēn bào guó
Grinding teeth and chiseling teeth. mó yá záo chǐ