話裡套話

Simplified: 话里套话

huàlǐtàohuà ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

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

Character by character

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