indulge in idle gossip

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