"brush talk" meaning in English

See brush talk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: brush talks [plural], brush-talk [alternative], brushtalk [alternative]
Etymology templates: {{calque|en|lzh-lit|筆談}} Calque of Literary Chinese 筆談 (bǐtán) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brush talk (countable and uncountable, plural brush talks)
  1. The use of written Literary Chinese as a lingua franca in the Sinosphere. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-brush_talk-en-noun-RO7CNzMJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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