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(2) Talk, conversation: 閒談 conversation as relaxation, small talk;
座談 (會) meeting for discussion of topics;
清談 idle talk;
spec. fashion in East Jihn period (4th cen.) for cultured, esp. Taoist conversation;
鄉談 local patois;
老生常談 moral platitudes;
街談巷議 street gossip;
筆談 gossip on paper, lit. notes;
言談 person's style or ability of conversation.
談他作什麼 why talk about it? 談得來 can make conversation with (person);
談不到 (不上) 朋友 not qualified to be called friend;
談何容易 it's so easy to talk and criticize;
談正經的 let's talk seriously;
談公事，談政治 talk business, politics;
談天說地 talk of anything under the sun;
談空說有 talk speculative philosophy;
談玄 talk mysticism;
談心說性 Neo-Confucian speculation on mind and nature;
談情說愛 talk love;
談虎色變 turn pale at the mere mention of tiger--easily scared;
談笑風生 a fascinating. lively talk at party;
健談 a good, interesting talker;
談笑自若 be completely at ease;
談言微中 ([tan2zhong4]) talk not much, but always to the point;
談判，談論 [tan2pan4], [tan2lun4]↓.
2.談鋒 [tan2feng1], n., ability to talk: 談鋒甚健 a very good talker.
3.談話 [tan2hua4], n., conversation.
4.談助 [tan2zhu4], n., material for gossip.
5.談論 [tan2lun4], v.t. & n., discuss, -ion.
6.談判 [tan2pan4], v.t., & n., negotiate, -ion, with a view to settling disputes.
7.談心 [tan2xin1], v.i., have a heart-to-heart talk among very good friends.
8.談天 [tan2tian1] ([tan2tia1er0]), v.i., have idle gossip, to chat, chew the rag.
9.談吐（兒） [tan2tu3]([er0]), v.i. & n., style of conversation (風雅 cultured, 粗鄙 coarse, etc.).