| 座谈会 | zuò tán huì | conference / symposium / rap session |  |
| 十日谈 | Shí rì Tán | Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1] | |
| 核谈判 | hé tán pàn | nuclear negotiations | |
| 司马谈 | Sī mǎ Tán | Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1] | |
| 六方会谈 | liù fāng huì tán | six-sided talks (on North Korea) | |
| 侃侃而谈 | kǎn kǎn ér tán | to speak frankly with assurance |  |
| 高谈阔论 | gāo tán kuò lùn | to harangue / loud arrogant talk / to spout | |
| 纸上谈兵 | zhǐ shàng tán bīng | lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC | |
| 无稽之谈 | wú jī zhī tán | complete nonsense (idiom) | |
| 混为一谈 | hùn wéi yī tán | to confuse one thing with another (idiom) / to muddle | |
| 贸易谈判 | mào yì tán pàn | trade talks | |
| 老生常谈 | lǎo shēng cháng tán | an old observation (idiom) / a truism / banal comments | |
| 夸夸其谈 | kuā kuā qí tán | to talk big / to sound off / bombastic / grandiloquent | |
| 和平谈判 | hé píng tán pàn | peace negotiations | |
| 促膝谈心 | cù xī tán xīn | to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom) | |
| 梦溪笔谈 | Mèng Xī Bǐ tán | Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass | |
| 街谈巷议 | jiē tán xiàng yì | (idiom) town gossip / streetcorner conversations | |
| 不经之谈 | bù jīng zhī tán | absurd statement / cock-and-bull story | |
| 泛泛而谈 | fàn fàn ér tán | to speak in general terms | |
| 奇谈怪论 | qí tán guài lùn | strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom) / unreasonable remarks | |
| 言谈林薮 | yán tán lín sǒu | articulate in speech (idiom) / eloquent | |
| 地位谈判 | | status talks | |
| 朱巴会谈 | | Juba talks | |
| 朱巴和谈 | | Juba talks | |
| 闭口不谈 | bì kǒu bù tán | to refuse to say anything about (idiom) / to remain tight-lipped / to avoid mentioning | |
| 畅谈话卡 | chàng tán huà kǎ | long-term calling card (telephone) | |
| 朝鲜核谈 | Cháo xiǎn hé tán | talks on North Korea's nuclear program | |
| 初步谈判 | chū bù tán pàn | preliminary negotiation | |
| 大谈特谈 | dà tán tè tán | to keep on talking about | |
| 访谈节目 | fǎng tán jié mù | talk show | |
| 和平会谈 | hé píng huì tán | peace talks / peace discussions | |
| 教育相谈 | jiào yù xiāng tán | education counselor | |
| 举行会谈 | jǔ xíng huì tán | to hold talks / to take part in discussions with | |
| 漫谈老年 | màn tán lǎo nián | "initiative on age" | |
| 撇开不谈 | piē kāi bù tán | to ignore an issue (idiom) | |
| 辟室密谈 | pì shì mì tán | to discuss behind closed doors | |
| 前期谈判 | qián qī tán pàn | pre-negotiation | |
| 清谈节目 | qīng tán jié mù | talk show | |
| 首脑会谈 | shǒu nǎo huì tán | summit talks / discussion between heads of state | |
| 无话不谈 | wú huà bù tán | not to hold anything back (idiom) / (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything | |
| 无所不谈 | wú suǒ bù tán | to talk about everything | |
| 一轮谈判 | yī lún tán pàn | round of talks | |
| 记者谈话会 | | Encounter (Meeting) for Journalists | |
| 筹备性谈判 | chóu bèi xìng tán pàn | preparatory negotiation | |
| 曼哈塞特会谈 | | Manhasset talks | |
| 裁军谈判会议 | | Conference on Disarmament | |
| 核与空间谈判 | | Nuclear and Space Talks | |
| 多党谈判进程 | | Multi-Party Negotiating Process | |
| 裁军谈判机制 | | disarmament negotiating machinery | |
| 美苏首脑会谈 | | United States-Soviet Summit Meeting | |
| 多党谈判论坛 | | Multi-Party Negotiating Forum / Multi-Party Forum / Negotiating Forum | |
| 多边关税谈判 | duō bian guān shuì tán pàn | multilateral tariff negotiations | |
| 多边贸易谈判 | duō biān mào yì tán pàn | multilateral trade talks | |
| 马拉松式谈判 | mǎ lā sōng shì tán pàn | marathon talks | |
| 贸易谈判小组 | mào yì tán pàn xiǎo zǔ | Trade Negotiations Group | |
| 手提式步谈机 | shǒu tí shì bù tán jī | handy talky | |
| 首席谈判代表 | shǒu xí tán pàn dài biǎo | chief negotiator | |
| 自上而下谈判 | zì shàng ér xià tán pàn | top-down negotiation | |
| 阿布贾和平会谈 | | Inter-Sudanese Peace Talks on the Conflict in Darfur / Abuja Peace Talks / Intra-Sudanese Peace Talks | |
| 贸易谈判委员会 | | Trade Negotiations Committee | |
| 自下而上的谈判 | | bottom up negotiation | |
| 先易后难的谈判 | | bottom up negotiation | |
| 防御和空间会谈 | | defence and space talks | |
| 卢萨卡和平谈判 | | Lusaka Peace Talks | |
| 世界市长座谈会 | | World Colloquium of Mayors | |
| 裁军谈判委员会 | | Committee on Disarmament | |
| 服务业谈判小组 | | Group of Negotiations on Services | |
| 裁减战略武器会谈 | | Strategic Arms Reduction Talks | |
| 促进集体谈判公约 | | Convention concerning the Promotion of Collective Bargaining | |
| 贸易谈判发展回合 | | development round of trade negotiations | |
| 纸上谈兵的战略家 | | armchair strategist | |
| 政府间谈判委员会 | | intergovernmental negotiating committee | |
| 利比里亚和平会谈 | | Liberian Peace Talks | |
| 安第斯人权座谈会 | | Andean Seminar on Human Rights | |
| 限制战略武器会谈 | | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks / SALT talks | |
| 农业问题谈判小组 | nóng yè wèn tí tán pàn xiǎo zǔ | Negotiating Group on Agriculture | |
| 全国经济谈判论坛 | quán guó jīng jì tán pàn lùn tán | National Economic Negotiating Forum | |
| 特遣队所属装备谈判 | | COE negociations / MOU negociations | |
| 军事谈判和评价小组 | | Military Negotiation and Assessment Team | |
| 日内瓦核与空间会谈 | | Geneva Nuclear and Space Talks | |
| 国际冲突与谈判中心 | | International Center on Conflict and Negotiations | |
| 老耄社会保护座谈会 | | Colloquy on Social Protection for the Very Old | |
| 非洲选举管理座谈会 | | Colloquium on African Election Administration | |
| 向新闻界发表的谈话 | | statement to the press (of the SC president) | |
| 人口问题记者谈话会 | | Encounter on Population for Journalists | |
| 国际海洋开发座谈会 | | International Colloquium on the Exploitation of the Oceans | |
| 国际少数权利座谈会 | | International Colloquium on the Rights of Minorities | |
| 项目1非正式谈判小组 | | Informal Negotiating Group on Item 1 | |
| 设立共同基金谈判会议 | | United Nations Negotiating Conference on a Common Fund Negotiating Conference on a Common Fund to Establish the Composite Programme for Raw Materials / United Nations Negotiating Conference on a Common Fund | |
| 日内瓦裁军谈判委员会 | | Geneva Committee on Disarmament | |
| 联合国阿富汗问题会谈 | | UN Talks on Afghanistan | |
| 私有化问题区域座谈会 | | Regional Symposium on Privatization | |
| 美苏核武器和空间会谈 | | United States-Soviet Union Nuclear and Space Talks | |
| 与跨国银行谈判讲习班 | | Workshop on Negotiating with Transnational Banks | |
| 共同基金谈判筹备会议 | | Preparatory Meeting for the Negotiation of a Common Fund | |
| 解决争端问题谈判小组 | | Negotiating Group on Dispute Settlement | |
| 饥饿与贫困问题座谈会 | | Colloquium on Hunger and Poverty | |
| 裁军谈判会议副秘书长 | | Deputy Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament | |
| 国际谈判指导原则草桉 | | draft guiding principles for international negotiations | |
| 首脑会议后国际座谈会 | | International Post-Summit Colloquium | |
| 塔吉克人民族和解谈判 | | inter-Tajik talks on national reconciliation | |
| 多边贸易谈判东京回合 | duō bian mào yì tán pàn dōng jīng huí hé | Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations / Tokyo Round | |
| 第四轮六方会谈共同声明 | | Joint Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks / Joint Statement of 19 September 2005 | |
| 军备控制和区域安全谈判 | | arms control and regional security talks | |
| 服务贸易谈判准则和程序 | | Guidelines and Procedures for the Negotiations on Trade in Services | |
| 非洲人道主义前景座谈会 | | Colloquium on the African Humanitarian Perspectives | |
| 参与式和商谈式领土发展 | | Participatory and Negotiated Territorial Development | |
| 与政府间机构谈判委员会 | | Committee on Negotiations with Intergovernmental Agencies | |
| 难民问题法律方面座谈会 | | Colloquium on Legal Aspects of Refugee Problems | |
| 刚果人政治谈判最后文件 | gāng guǒ rén zhèng zhì tán pàn zuì hòu wén jiàn | Final Act of the inter-Congolese political negotiations | |
| 裁军协定与谈判－经济方面 | | Disarmament Agreements and Negotiations - The Economic Dimension | |
| 苏丹达尔富尔冲突和平会谈 | | Inter-Sudanese Peace Talks on the Conflict in Darfur / Abuja Peace Talks / Intra-Sudanese Peace Talks | |
| 提高公务员道德水平座谈会 | | Colloquium on Promoting Ethics in the Public Service | |
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