胡说八道 (hú shuō bā dào) — to talk nonsense; sheer rubbish, baloney
Definition
A strong, colloquial idiom for 'talk nonsense' — describes both the act of speaking nonsense and the nonsense itself. Stronger and more vivid than plain 乱说.
verb
to talk nonsensesheer rubbishbaloney
Examples
- 胡说八道，。Tā zǒng shì zài hú shuō bā dào, méi rén xiāng xìn tā de huà.He's always talking nonsense; nobody believes what he says.
- 胡说八道，。Bié hú shuō bā dào le, shuō diǎn zhòng yào de shì.Stop talking nonsense and say something important.
- 胡说八道，。Zhè piān wén zhāng wán quán shì hú shuō bā dào, yì diǎn gēn jù dōu méi yǒu.This article is complete rubbish — there's no basis at all.
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