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自言自语

zìyán-zìyǔ

“To talk to oneself” in Chinese is 自言自语.

Meaning

  • idiomto talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize

Example

“你刚刚跟我说什么?”“呃,没有,我只是在自言自语。”

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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