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话不投机半句多
huàbùtóujībànjùduō
Traditional: 話不投機半句多
when words get sour, adding words is useless (idiom)
Character Breakdown
话
huà
talk, speech; language, dialect
HSK 1
不
bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
HSK 1
投
tóu
to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
HSK 5
机
jī
desk; machine; moment, opportunity
HSK 1
半
bàn
half; semi-, incomplete
HSK 3
句
jù
sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph; stanza
HSK 3
多
duō
much, many, multi-; more than, over
HSK 1
Additional Information
Category
Chinese
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