打官話
dǎ​guān​huà

to talk bureaucratese

  • created sense approved 打官话/打官話 · dǎ​guān​huà · to talk bureaucratese — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    打官话 / 打官話

    dǎ​guān​huà

    to talk bureaucratese

    To talk officiously or use official jargon; to make empty promises or use high-sounding language to evade responsibility or deal with people superficially.

    打, 官话

    打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to hit 官话 (literal) → 官话/官話 · guān​huà · officialese

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense