indulge in idle gossip

indulge in idle gossip

Gossip, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Shu à ch á NGD à ODU à n, which means to discuss the good and bad of others. It's from the book of you Ming by Cui yuan of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Han Cui yuan's Zuoyou Ming: "no one is short, no one is strong."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, object and attribute

Examples

These gentlemen and doctors must have some people from the pear garden to sit in the dress team during their family dinner. What a system! (chapter 53 of scholars by Wu Jingzi in Qing Dynasty)

Analysis of Idioms

There is a lot of gossip

[antonym] keep your mouth shut