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說廢話

简说废话 · 繁說廢話

Mandarin · pinyin shuō fèi huà

to talk nonsense
to bullshit

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說: shuō · speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
廢: Look up this written character
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
说: shuō · speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
废: fèi · abrogate, terminate, discard
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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1–4–4 · shuo1 fei4 hua4

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syut3 fai3 waa2

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