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話裡套話 (waa6 leoi5 tou3 waa6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

話裡套話 (waa6 leoi5 tou3 waa6, huà lǐ tào huà) — to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information; to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 話中 (waa6 zung3) — in one's words; precisely as one has predicted; guessed
• 話之佢 (waa6 zi1 keoi5) — who cares; what the hell
• 話之 (waa6 zi1) — cannot bother; ignore (spoken)
• 話事人 (waa6 si6 jan4) — person-in-charge (spoken)
• 話事偈 (waa6 si6 gai2) — as said or quoted (spoken)
• 話事啤 (waa6 si6 pe1) — show hand poker

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