说长道短

shuōchángdàoduǎn

gossip

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shuo1 chang2 dao4 duan3

lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip

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说长道短

shuō cháng dào duǎn

indulge in idle gossip; backbite people; gossip about people behind their backs; gossip idly; make captious comments; random talk; speak ill of a person who is absent:

在她身上找不出一点让人家说长道短的地方。 There was not a single thing about her that one could find fault with.

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說長道短|说长道短 [shuō cháng dào duǎn] ► lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip