talk over past and present
Talking about the past and talking about the present, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is t á ng ǔ Shu ō J ī n, which means to talk about everything from now to the past and comment on everything. It's from duanzhenghao Yule.
The origin of Idioms
Zhang Kejiu, Yuan Dynasty, wrote in his book duanzhenghao Yule: "the world laughs at Qiaoyu and talks about the present and the past."
Idiom usage
It can be used as predicate and object. example when I went to Waguan temple to play, monk Qi Gong had always been friendly with him and came out to contact him. Climbing the pavilion and looking out, talking about the past and the present. Ling Mengchu, Ming Dynasty, Volume 19
Chinese PinYin : tán gǔ shuō jīn
talk over past and present
have no skill in any of a hundred ways. bǎi wú yī néng
hit the target every time without a miss. dàn wú xū fā
military forces are to be used only for the maintenance of peace and order. zhǐ gē wéi wǔ