Chunking-24_[over-used] 聊天(liáotiān: chat)

【Basics】Many people overuse "聊天"(liáotiān: chat).  That brings two problems:

• Vocabulary is not rich, and it keeps repeating.
• Misuse of part of speech (聊天 is an intransitive verb with a verb-object structure, and it cannot be followed by an object).

Please check the following pictures for the differences between those similar words.

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1. (0:00)
   有空的时候，我常常跟朋友聊天。
   有空的時候，我常常跟朋友聊天。
   Yǒukòng de shíhou, wǒ chángcháng gēn péngyou liáotiān.
   When I have free time, I often chat with my friends.
   
   
2. (0:14)
   我跟朋友聊了一会儿天，然后就说再见了。
   我跟朋友聊了一會兒天，然後就說再見了。
   Wǒ gēn péngyou liáole yīhuìr tiān, ránhòu jiù shuō zàijiàn le.
   I chatted with my friends for a while, and then we said goodbye.
   
   
3. (0:40)
   我跟朋友聊美食和音乐。(not聊天美食和音乐)
   我跟朋友聊美食和音樂。(not聊天美食和音樂)
   Wǒ gēn péngyou liáo měishí hé yīnyuè.
   I chatted with my friends about food and music.
   (*The "about" in "talk/chat/discuss about" usually DOESN'T need to be translated as "关于/關於" or "有关/有關".)
   
   
4. (0:53)
   种族问题太敏感，我们都避免谈种族问题。
   種族問題太敏感，我們都避免談種族問題。
   Zhǒngzú wèntí tài mǐngǎn, wǒmen dōu bìmiǎn tán zhǒngzú wèntí.
   Racial issues are too sensitive, so we all avoid talking about them. 
   
   
5. (1:26)
   我跟同事谈了一下签证的问题。
   我跟同事談了一下簽證的問題。
   Wǒ gēn tóngshì tánle yīxià qiānzhèng de wèntí.
   I talked with my colleague about the visa issue.
   
   
6. (1:40)
   各位好，今天我想谈一谈工作效率的问题。
   各位好，今天我想談一談工作效率的問題。
   Gèwèi hǎo, jīntiān wǒ xiǎng tán yī tán gōngzuò xiàolǜ de wèntí.
   Hello everyone, today I would like to talk about work efficiency.
   
   
7. (2:03)
   我刚才跟同事讨论提高学习效率的方法。
   我剛才跟同事討論提高學習效率的方法。
   Wǒ gāngcái gēn tóngshì tǎolùn tígāo xuéxí xiàolǜ de fāngfǎ.
   Just now, I discussed methods to improve study efficiency with my colleague.
   
   
8. (2:44)
   在国庆晚会中，我有机会跟中国官员交谈，谈到一些热门话题。
   在國慶晚會中，我有機會跟中國官員交談，談到一些熱門話題。
   Zài Guóqìng wǎnhuì zhōng, wǒ yǒu jīhuì gēn Zhōngguó guānyuán jiāotán, tándào yīxiē rèmén huàtí.
   At the National Day evening party, I had the opportunity to converse with Chinese officials about some hot topics.
   
   
9. (3:26)
   两国的贸易代表进行了对话，但是没有取得共识。
   兩國的貿易代表進行了對話，但是没有取得共識。
   Liǎngguó de màoyì dàibiǎo jìnxíngle duìhuà, dànshì méiyǒu qǔdé gòngshí.
   The trade representatives of the two countries had a dialogue, but no consensus was reached.