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谈起

tán qǐ

2-character word Traditional 談起

What 谈起 means

1. to mention
2. to speak of
3. to talk about

The characters in 谈起

• 谈tánto speak; to talk; to converse
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

Example sentences

• 你谈起的那个人是我姐姐。
  That person you spoke about is my sister.
• 他们坐在公园的长椅上，谈起了话来。
  Tāmen zuò zài gōngyuán de chángyǐ shàng, tán qǐ le huà lái.
  They sat on a park bench and began talking.
• 我以前多次向你谈起的那个作家昨天去世了。
  Wǒ yǐqián duōcì xiàng nǐ tán qǐ de nàge zuòjiā zuótiān qùshì le.
  That writer I mentioned a lot in the past passed away yesterday.
• 他为了活下去竭尽全力，所以他从来不想谈起这件事。
  He did everything to be able to survive, hence he never wants to talk about it.