話裡套話

waa6 leoi5 tou3 waa6

to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information · to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information
  2. to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed

Written Forms

話裡套話Traditional · Main Form
话里套话Alternate Form

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