粵

滔tou1滔tou1不bat1絕zyut6

simp滔滔不绝
tou1 tou1 bat1 zyut6tāo tāo bù jué

English

  1. (idiom) to produce a torrent of words; to talk on and on
  2. to talk incessantly; literally: like water rushing out endlessly

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 講唔停口,雞啄唔斷,就好似流水不停奔流

Examples

  • 當您滔滔不絕地談論著維護中產階級的生活水準時,我們的父母正死於體溫過低。

    While you drone on about preserving the standard of living for the middle class, our parents are dying of hypothermia.

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  • 一講到佢嘅偶像,小明就滔滔不絕。

    Talking about his idol, Siu-Ming talks incessantly.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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