"Topic" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wèn tí question / problem / issue / topic / CL:個|个[ge4]
 huà tí subject (of a talk or conversation) / topic
 tí mù subject / title / topic / CL:個|个[ge4]
 tí topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject / to inscribe / to mention / CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]
 yì tí topic of discussion / topic / subject / issue (under discussion) / CL:項|项[xiang4]
 lùn tí topic
 huà chá tone of voice / topic / subject under discussion
 yǔ fēng thread of discussion / topic
 lái shuō to have one's say / to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view) / now we come to talk about it, ...
 zhuān tí specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic
 lái kàn to come and see / to see a topic from a certain point of view
 shì tí exam question / test topic
 tí qǐ to mention / to speak of / to lift / to pick up / to arouse / to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)
 mìng tí proposition (logic, math.) / to assign an essay topic
 qiē rù to cut into / to incise / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / cut (offensive moves in basketball)
 chàng suǒ yù yán lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom) / to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content
 jǐn kòu to stick closely to (a topic or theme etc)
 chóng tí to raise the same topic
 huà fēng topic under discussion / thread of discussion
 pǎo tí to digress / to stray from the topic
 bì hui to avoid a taboo word or topic / to refrain from / to avoid
 bì huì to avoid a taboo word or topic
 màn wú biān jì extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic
 zǒu tí to get off the main topic / to digress
 rào wān zi lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush
 yán guī zhèng zhuàn to return to the topic (idiom) / to get back to the main point
 jiè tí fā huī to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
 wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā the king looked left and right and then talked of other things / to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)
 tǎo lùn de yì tí topic of discussion
 piān kē to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others) / overdoing it / to go overboard
 rào wān zǐ r lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush
 rào teng to run a long way around / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush
 huà yòu shuō huí lai returning to our main topic,... / that said,... / again,... / in this connection / in passing / nevertheless,... / anyhow
 huà lǐ tào huà to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information / to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed
 huà shuō huí lai returning to our main topic,... / that said,... / again,... / in this connection / in passing / nevertheless,... / anyhow
 jiǎng tí topic of a lecture
 chóng tán to replay string instrument / fig. to harp on the same string / to raise the same old topic again
 chóng tí jiù shì to raise the same old topic again / to hark back
 kòu tí to stick to the topic
 zǒu bǎn to be off the beat / to sound awful (of singing) / (fig.) to wander off the topic / (diving) to step toward the end of the board / approach
 zhuān tí shù xíng tú topic tree
  European Topic Centre
 tán zī sth that people like to chat about / topic of idle conversation
 huí tiě to reply to an invitation / (Internet) to post a comment on a forum topic
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