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罗嗦 (luō suo) — (adjective) long-winded, verbose, talkative

Definition

Means 'long-winded, verbose' — applies to people who talk too much, and to writing/speeches padded with unnecessary detail. The verb sense 'to nag/harp on' is rarer.

adjective
long-windedverbosetalkative

Examples

  • 罗嗦，。
    Tā shuō huà tài luō suo le, méi rén xiǎng tīng.
    He's too long-winded; nobody wants to listen.
  • 罗嗦，。
    Zhè piān wén zhāng xiě dé hěn luō suo, xū yào jīng jiǎn.
    This article is very verbose and needs to be cut down.
  • 罗嗦，。
    Bié nà me luō suo, zhí jiē shuō zhòng diǎn.
    Don't be so long-winded; just get to the point.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
联绵liánmiánBound pair

Two characters that only ever appear together, spelling one ancient two-syllable word.

罗luó
嗦suō

罗 and 嗦 have no meaning of their own; together they denote long-winded or verbose talk.

Sound-only characters

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 羅; 罗 is its simplified writing.

  • 网网wǎngnet
  • 維維wéibird (tied with string)

The traditional form 羅 combines 网 (net) with 維 (a bird tied with string) to show a net for catching birds; the simplified 罗 is a later abbreviation.

Open 罗 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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