磨嘴皮子

tā zhǐ shì mó zuǐ pí zi méi yǒu shí jì xíng dòng

他只是磨嘴皮子，没有实际行动。

He is all talk and no action.

tā chéng tiān mó zuǐ pí zi bù gàn huó

他成天磨嘴皮子不干活。

He just blah-blah and doesn't do a stroke of work.

guāng mó zuǐ pí zi hái xiǎng shēng zhí

光磨嘴皮子，还想升职？

How do you expect to get a promotion if you just chat all day?

wǒ mó zuǐ pí zi zhōng yú bǎ tā shuō fú le

我磨嘴皮子终于把他说服了。

I talked till my jaws ached and eventually brought him around.

zhè shì mó zuǐ pí zi de shì

这是磨嘴皮子的事。

It'll take a lot of talking to settle this.

wǒ gēn tā mó zuǐ pí zi mó le hěn jiǔ

我跟他磨嘴皮子磨了很久。

I talked myself hoarse with him.

gēn tā mó zuǐ pí zi méi yòng

跟他磨嘴皮子没用。

It's no use arguing with him.

wǒ méi shí jiān gēn tā mó zuǐ pí zi

我没时间跟他磨嘴皮子。

I can't afford to waste my time arguing with him.