空头支票

tā yīn chéng duì kōng tóu zhī piào ér bèi kāi chú

他因承兑空头支票而被开除。

He was fired for passing bad cheques.

tā kāi gěi wǒ yī zhāng kōng tóu zhī piào

他开给我一张空头支票。

He bounced a check on me.

tā zài fèi chéng yīn dào chù kāi kōng tóu zhī piào bèi zhuā zhù

她在费城因到处开空头支票被抓住。

She got caught writing bad checks in Philadelphia.

tā zhè cì yòu gěi wǒ kāi le kōng tóu zhī piào

他这次又给我开了空头支票。

His promises turned out to be empty again this time.

wǒ zhī dào tā jué bù huì kāi kōng tóu zhī piào de

我知道他决不会开空头支票的。

I know that he can't act on guess-work.

zhèng fǔ de mǒu xiē zhèng cè yǒu yī diǎn kōng tóu zhī piào de wèi dào

政府的某些政策有一点空头支票的味道。

There is an element of "jam tomorrow" about some of the government’s policies.

tā duì wǒ men de xǔ nuò bù guò shì kōng tóu zhī piào ér yǐ

他对我们的许诺不过是空头支票而已。

What he promised us is just a lip-service.