indulge in idle gossip
Long story short, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Shu ō ch á nghu à Du ǎ n, which means to discuss the good and bad of others. The same as "gossiping". It's from Xingshi Hengyan by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: gossiping, debating, gossiping, gossiping, gossiping antonym: tight lipped, silent
The origin of Idioms
Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan of the Ming Dynasty (Volume 3): "on the Yellow female Lu Jia by counting the black, let's make a long story short and let's make a short one."
Idiom usage
It can be used as predicate, object and attribute. These gentlemen and doctors must have a few people from the pear garden to sit in the dress team and gossip at their family dinner. What a system! The 53rd chapter of scholars by Wu Jingzi in Qing Dynasty
indulge in idle gossip
The sun and the moon run through the sky and the rivers run through the land - rì yuè jīng tiān,jiāng hé xíng dì
a long journey to be made on foot - cháng tú bá shè
be content with staying where one is - gù bù zì huà