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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 話裡套話 [ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ; hua4 li3 tao4 hua4]
 to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information
 to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed