闲话家常 — Chinese idiom
闲话家常
xián huà jiā cháng
Traditional: 閑話家常
Meaning
- to chat about domestic trivia
Character by character
- 闲xiánfence, guard; to defend; idle time
- 话huàtalk, speech; language, dialect
- 家jiāhouse, home, residence; family
- 常chángcommon, general, normal; always, frequently, regul
Idioms sharing a character
- 安闲自在 ān xián zì zai
- 安闲自得 ān xián zì dé
- 安闲随意 ān xián suí yì
- 安闲舒适 ān xián shū shì
- 心安神闲 xīn ān shén xián
- 忙里偷闲 máng lǐ tōu xián
- 气定神闲 qì dìng shén xián
- 闲云野鹤 xián yún yě hè
- 二话不说 èr huà bù shuō
- 无话不谈 wú huà bù tán
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