空談家

Chinese

		empty talk; idle talk; prattle empty talk; idle talk; prattle; to indulge in empty talk	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (空談家)		空談	家
simp. (空谈家)		空谈	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngtánjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄊㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngtánjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄊㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongtánjia
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-tʻan²-chia¹
    • Yale: kūng-tán-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongtarnjia
    • Palladius: кунтаньцзя (kuntanʹczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

Noun

空談家

1. windbag

   • 最後則是事實先生跑將出來，給這些空談家一瓢冷水，證明他們不過是一些貪便宜、想少費氣力多得收成的空談主義者。 [MSC, trad.]
     最后则是事实先生跑将出来，给这些空谈家一瓢冷水，证明他们不过是一些贪便宜、想少费气力多得收成的空谈主义者。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zuìhòu zé shì shìshí xiānsheng pǎo jiāng chūlai, gěi zhèxiē kōngtánjiā yī piáo lěngshuǐ, zhèngmíng tāmen bùguò shì yīxiē tān piányi, xiǎng shǎo fèi qìlì duō dé shōuchéng de kōngtánzhǔyìzhě. [Pinyin]

     In the end Mr. Reality will come and pour a bucket of cold water over these chatterers, showing them up as mere windbags who want to get things on the cheap, to have gains without pains.