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扯淡 (chě dàn): Nonsense (verb or noun (colloquial)) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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扯淡 consists of 2 characters.

扯 • chě • to pull, to tear • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

chě扯

to pull, to tear

淡 • dàn • thin; light in colour; tasteless • HSK 2.0 L5

HSK 5

dàn淡

thin; light in colour; tasteless

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Word Info

Pinyinchě dàn

Meaningnonsense; to talk nonsense

Characters2

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Syntaxverb or noun (colloquial)

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Example Sentences with 扯淡

bié别

tīng听

tā他

chě扯

dàn淡

，

tā他

gēn根

běn本

bù不

zhī知

dào道

zhēn真

xiàng相

。

Don't listen to his nonsense, he doesn't know the truth at all.

nǐ你

yòu又

zài在

chě扯

dàn淡

，

zhè这

jiàn件

shì事

bù

不

shì是

nà那

yàng样

de的

。

You're talking nonsense again, this matter isn't like that.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 扯淡.

Words with 扯

牵扯qiān chěinvolve; implicate; drag into
扯谎chě huǎngto tell a lie
拉扯lā chěpull, drag
瞎扯xiā chětalk nonsense
胡扯hú chětalk nonsense
闲扯xián chěchat idly, shoot the breeze
胡诌八扯húzhōu bāchětalk wild nonsense; babble

Words with 淡

冷淡lěng dàntreat coldly; give the cold shoulder to
清淡qīng dànlight; mild; delicate
淡季dàn jìoff season
淡水dàn shuǐfresh water
平淡

píng dàn

Plain / Insipid

淡化dàn huàweaken / fade

暗淡àn dàndim; gloomy

淡忘dàn wàngto fade from memory; to gradually forget