话匣子 (huà xiá zi) — (dated) phonograph or old-fashioned radio; (figurative) chatterbox; someone who talks incessantly
Definition
A colloquial noun with two very different senses: literally a dated 'phonograph / old radio', and figuratively a 'chatterbox' — someone who just won't stop talking.
noun
(dated) phonograph or old-fashioned radio(figurative) chatterboxsomeone who talks incessantly
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Examples
- ，话匣子。Tā yí jiàn dào lǎo péng you, huà xiá zi jiù dǎ kāi le.As soon as she saw an old friend, she started chattering away.
- 话匣子。Wǒ men bàn gōng shì nà ge huà xiá zi cóng zǎo shuō dào wǎn.That chatterbox in our office talks from morning till night.
- 话匣子，。Yé ye hái liú zhe nà tái lǎo shì huà xiá zi, yǐ jīng bù néng tīng le.Grandpa still keeps that old-fashioned radio, but it doesn't work anymore.
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