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说空话

/ shuō kōng huà /
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Collocation

1
说空话的人
2
不要说空话
3
喜欢说空话
4
说好听的空话
5
经常说空话
6
净说空话

Definition

说空话

Literally means:

make empty promises

Actually means:

pay lip service

It means talking about doing things that cannot be fulfilled or things that one does not intend to do at all.

It is usually used to criticize those who pay lip service only. Derogatory.

说没有条件去做,或者根本就不打算去做的话(即事情)。

常用来批评只说不做的人。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate, attributive or object. It can be used with other other words in between. (作谓语、定语、宾语,中间可以插入别的词语)
1
shi
sān
suì
de
xiǎohái
小孩
  
,
yào
不要
zàishuō
再说
zhè
lèi
hǎotīng
好听
de
kōnghuà
空话
lái
hòng
le
  

I'm not a three-year-old.

2
lǎoshi
老是
shuōkōnghuà
说空话
  
,
bànshì
办事
  
,
xiànzài
现在
jiā
大家
dōu
xiāngxìn
相信
de
huà
le
  

He always talks empty and doesn't do anything, and now everyone doesn't believe him.

3
men
我们
gōng
公司
jiù
shì
yīnwèi
因为
shuōkōnghuà
说空话
de
rén
tài
duō
le
  
,
huò
zhī
shuō
zuò
de
rén
tài
duō
le
  
,
suǒ
所以
xiào
效率
xià
低下
  
,
niánnián
年年
kuīběn
亏本
  

Our company is inefficient and losing money year after year because there are too many empty talkers, or just too many people who just say they don't do it.