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SeekerOfPeace -

Probably the same thing as in English,

A couple of people who are kidding themselves that something like that is remotely possible.



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skylee -



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but the guy at your workplace who stares at a girls picture all day drooling over it, even if they
are just friends you can say he is 谈恋爱

Well I think you can only say he is drooling. Or 單戀 / 單相思. I think 戀愛 is to be in
love. No it is not to court. 談戀愛 shows how we value communication between two people who are
in love.










muyongshi -

Well that was supposed to be the more his friends poking fun at him as he is 发呆ing due to his
utter love for 某某










Luobot -

Definition of Courtship:
"A man pursuing a woman until she catches him."
...

As a stand alone definition, ChinesePod has --
tánliànài
谈恋爱
to fall in love

In their examples, however, the given translation within context is "dating" or "seeing someone,"
as in the following --

父母反对他谈恋爱的原因是怕谈恋爱耽误了学习。
Fùmǔ fǎnduì tā tánliànài de yuányīnshì pà tánliànài dānwu le xuéxí.
The reason his parents are opposed to his dating is that they are afraid it will affect his
studies.

So I would assume that the definition depends on context.

The literal translation, to talk love, agrees with Skylee's emphasis on communication. Of course,
it takes a woman to understand those things without a dictionary.












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