打開話匣子 dǎ kāi huà xiá zi

DEFINITIONS

  1. to start talking

CHARACTERS

打 dǎ strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
開 kāi open; initiate, begin, start
話 huà speech, talk, language; dialect
匣 xiá small box, case, coffer
子 zi offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch