套话 : polite phrase, ... : tào huà | Definition | Mandarin Chinese Pinyin English Dictionary

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套话 Trad. 套話

tào huà
polite phrase conventional greetings cliché to try to worm facts out of sb
客套话 Trad. 客套話

kè tào huà
conventional greeting polite formula
话里套话 Trad. 話裡套話

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
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