促膝谈心 — Chinese idiom
促膝谈心
cù xī tán xīn
Traditional: 促膝談心
Meaning
- to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk
Character by character
- 促cùto urge, to rush, to hurry; hasty; near, close
- 膝xīknee
- 谈tánto talk, to chat; conversation; surname
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
Idioms sharing a character
- 局促一隅 jú cù yī yú
- 卑躬屈膝 bēi gōng qū xī
- 奴颜婢膝 nú yán bì xī
- 绕膝承欢 rào xī chéng huān
- 奇谈怪论 qí tán guài lùn
- 娓娓而谈 wěi wěi ér tán
- 混为一谈 hùn wéi yī tán
- 无稽之谈 wú jī zhī tán
- 无话不谈 wú huà bù tán
- 纸上谈兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng
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