三句话不离本行

sānjùhuàbùlíběnháng

can hardly open one's mouth without talking shop; talk shop all the time

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talk shop; talk shop all the time

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talk shop

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san1 ju4 hua4 bu4 li2 ben3 hang2

to talk shop all the time (idiom)

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三句话不离本行

sān jù huà bù lí běn háng

never to say three sentences without talking about one's own work; can hardly open one's mouth without talking shop; never to begin a talk without referring to one's own line; talk always about one's own line; talk shop all the time

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三句話不離本行|三句话不离本行 [sān jù huà bù lí běn háng] ► to talk shop all the time (idiom)