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talk big; indulge in idle boasting; fire off a dud shell

fàng kōng pào

放 空 炮

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v.metatalk big; indulge in idle boasting; fire off a dud shell
- zài bié fàng kōng pào le
  再别放空炮了！
  No more of your empty talk!
- tā men yī wèi fàng kōng pào
  他们一味放空炮。
  They indulge in tall talk.
- jìng fàng kōng pào
  净放空炮
  have an empty talk
- tā gǎi biàn le qián bèi zhé xué jiā nà zhǒng fàng kōng pào de zuò fǎ
  他改变了前辈哲学家那种放空炮的做法。
  He changed the blank practice of the elder philosophers.
synonym
shuō dà huà说大话 shuō kōng huà说空话

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