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大放厥詞

简大放厥词 · 繁大放厥詞

Mandarin · pinyin dà fàng jué cí

to prattle on self-importantly (idiom)

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
放: fàng · put, release, free, liberate
厥: jué · personal pronoun he, she, it
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词: cí · words; phrase, expression

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4–4–2–2 · da4 fang4 jue2 ci2

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(derogatory) to talk a lot of nonsense; to let out a spate of stuff and nonsense

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