Definition

1. Verb:
   • To have idle talks, to chat: "nhàn đàm" refers to the act of engaging in casual, leisurely conversation, often without a serious or specific purpose. It implies a relaxed and informal exchange of words.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sau bữa tối, họ thường ngồi lại nhàn đàm về đủ thứ chuyện trên đời. (After dinner, they often sit and chat idly about all sorts of things in life.)
  • Buổi chiều, ông cụ thích ra quán nước nhàn đàm với bạn già. (In the afternoon, the old man likes to go to the tea shop to have idle talks with his old friends.)

Advanced Usage

• "nhàn đàm vô ích": to engage in idle, useless chatter.
  • Đừng nhàn đàm vô ích nữa, hãy tập trung vào công việc. (Don't engage in useless idle talk anymore, focus on your work.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhàn (adj): idle, leisurely, free from work.
• Đàm (v): to talk, to discuss (often used in compound words).
• Đàm thoại (v/n): to converse; conversation.
• Tán gẫu (v): to chat, to gossip (a more common, colloquial synonym).

Synonyms

• Nói chuyện phiếm: to make small talk, to chat idly.
• Tán gẫu: to chat, to gossip.
• Buôn chuyện: to gossip (can carry a slightly more negative connotation).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• is a fixed compound verb and is not typically broken down into phrasal verb constructions.

Related Idioms

• "Nhàn cư vi bất thiện": An idle mind is the devil's workshop. (This idiom shares the root "nhàn" (idle) but conveys a different, proverbial meaning about the dangers of idleness.)

1. Have idle talks, chat