话里套话 huà lǐ tào huà

to fish for info in small talk

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
话 huà HSK 1
speech; talk; conversation
里 lǐ HSK 1
inside; interior; internal
套 tào HSK 5
classifier for sets, collections; to cover; to encase
话 huà HSK 1
speech; talk; conversation