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谈笑风生

tán xiào fēng shēngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to talk cheerfully and wittily / to joke together
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

談笑風生 谈笑风生 [tan2 xiao4 feng1 sheng1] /to talk cheerfully and wittily/to joke together/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 談笑風生

  • 谈
    tán

    to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss

    Tán

    surname Tan

  • 笑
    xiào

    to laugh / to smile / to laugh at

  • 风
    fēng

    wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhèn],絲|丝[sī]

  • 生
    shēng

    to grow / to give birth / to produce / to be born / to arise / to occur / to light (a fire) / to live / to be alive / life / raw / uncooked / unprocessed / unfamiliar / strange / (bound form) student / person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life / lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very / intensely (as in 生疼[shēng téng]) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[shēng lā yìng zhuài])

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.