高談闊論

Chinese

		high; tall	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname	rich; wide; broad	to talk (about); to discuss; theory to talk (about); to discuss; theory; by the; per; the Analects (of Confucius)
trad. (高談闊論)		高	談	闊	論
simp. (高谈阔论)		高	谈	阔	论

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāotánkuòlùn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄊㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ taam⁴ fut³ leon⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāotánkuòlùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄊㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaotánkuòlùn
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-tʻan²-kʻuo⁴-lun⁴
  - Yale: gāu-tán-kwò-lwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gautarnkuohluenn
  - Palladius: гаотаньколунь (gaotanʹkolunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰän³⁵ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ taam⁴ fut³ leon⁶
  - Yale: gōu tàahm fut leuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ taam⁴ fut⁸ loen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ tam⁴ fud³ lên⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ tʰaːm²¹ fuːt̚³ lɵn²²/

Idiom

高談闊論

discuss freely
- 換盞傳杯，高談闊論。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  换盏传杯，高谈阔论。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 《三俠五義》第二一回
  Huàn zhǎn chuán bēi, gāotánkuòlùn. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
to indulge in loud and empty talk; to talk volubly or bombastically
- 他們三個人圍著煙燈談天，席面上主賓四位，也在那裡高談闊論起來。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  他们三个人围着烟灯谈天，席面上主宾四位，也在那里高谈阔论起来。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 《文明小史》第一八回
  Tāmen sān gèrén wéi zhe yāndēng tántiān, xímiàn shàng zhǔ bīn sì wèi, yě zài nàlǐ gāotánkuòlùn qǐlái. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

放言高論／放言高论

Antonyms

不苟言笑 (bùgǒuyánxiào)
緘口結舌／缄口结舌

References

“高談闊論”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.