Definition
絮絮叨叨 is a reduplicative four-character expression describing someone talking endlessly in a repetitive or nagging way. It can be used as a predicate (他絮絮叨叨的) or an adverbial (絮絮叨叨地说). The reduplication intensifies the sense of continuous, annoying chatter.
r.f.
(of speech) long-windedtalkativenagging
Examples
- 絮絮叨叨。Tā hē le yìdiǎn jiǔ jiù kāishǐ xù xu dāo dāo de shuō gè méi wán.He started talking endlessly after drinking a bit.
- 絮絮叨叨。Māma zǒngshì xù xu dāo dāo de tíxǐng wǒ yào duō chuān yīfu.Mom always nags me to wear more clothes.
- 絮絮叨叨，。Bié xù xu dāo dāo de le, wǒ zhīdào le.Stop nagging, I get it.
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