交浅言深 — Chinese idiom
交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
Traditional: 交淺言深
Meaning
- to talk intimately while being comparative strangers
Character by character
- 交jiāoto connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect;
- 浅qiǎnshallow, superficial
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 深shēndeep, profound; depth
Idioms sharing a character
- 交口称誉 jiāo kǒu chēng yù
- 履舄交错 lǚ xì jiāo cuò
- 心力交瘁 xīn lì jiāo cuì
- 忘年之交 wàng nián zhī jiāo
- 悔恨交加 huǐ hèn jiāo jiā
- 患难之交 huàn nàn zhī jiāo
- 涕泪交加 tì lèi jiāo jiā
- 涕泪交流 tì lèi jiāo liú
- 目不交睫 mù bù jiāo jié
- 竹马之交 zhú mǎ zhī jiāo
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3). Retrieved 2026-10-22.