話匣子

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See also: 话匣子

Chinese

spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
 
small box; small case; radio
trad. (話匣子) 匣子
simp. (话匣子) 匣子

Pronunciation


Noun

話匣子

  1. (colloquial, dated) phonograph; gramophone
  2. (colloquial) radio receiver
  3. (colloquial, figurative, idiomatic) eloquence; word-hoard; vocabulary (the collective of a person's words, figuratively stored in a box that is to be opened)
    隨口伯伯話匣子不住 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    随口伯伯话匣子不住 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
    Wǒ zhǐ shì suíkǒu yī wèn, zhèi huí kě hǎo, bāibai de huàxiázi kě zhǐ bùzhù le.
    I was merely asking, but Uncle just wouldn't let his words stop.
  4. (colloquial, figurative) chatterbox; talkative person

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