See also: 废话

Chinese

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abolish; crippled
spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
 
trad. (廢話)
simp. (废话)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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廢話

  1. rubbish; worthless words; superfluous words
    半天一點兒乾貨沒有廢話 [MSC, trad.]
    半天一点儿干货没有废话 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shuō le bàntiān, yī diǎnr gānhuò dōu méiyǒu, quán shì fèihuà. [Pinyin]
    He was speaking for a long time. Not a bit of what he said was substantial; all of it was trash.
    文章廢話去掉 [MSC, trad.]
    文章废话去掉 [MSC, simp.]
    bǎ wénzhāng zhōng fèihuà qùdiào [Pinyin]
    to remove redundant words from the article
    我們辦法處理這個問題。」「廢話不想解決問題?」 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    我们办法处理这个问题。」「废话不想解决问题?」 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
    “Wǒmen yào xiǎng bànfa chùlǐ zhè ge wèntí.” “Zhè bu fèihuà ma! Shéi bùxiǎng jiějué wèntí?” [Pinyin]
    ‘We shall think up a solution to deal with this issue.’ ‘No kidding! Who doesn’t want an issue solved?’
    知道太陽只有白天。」「廢話!」 [MSC, trad.]
    知道太阳只有白天。」「废话!」 [MSC, simp.]
    “Nǐ zhīdào ma? Tàiyang zhǐyǒu báitiān cái kàn de dào.” “Fèihuà!” [Pinyin]
    ‘Do you know that the sun can only be seen in the daytime?’ ‘You don’t say!’

Synonyms

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Verb

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廢話

  1. to speak worthless words
    廢話趕緊 [MSC, trad.]
    废话赶紧 [MSC, simp.]
    Bié fèihuà le! Gǎnjǐn zǒu ba! [Pinyin]
    Cut the empty talk and go now!
    那個什麼固執 [MSC, trad.]
    那个什么固执 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ gēn nèi ge rén fèi shénme huà a! Zhè rén kě gùzhi de hěn ne! [Pinyin]
    What do you speak in vain to that guy for (rhetorical)? They're quite stubborn!