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放空炮
fàng​kōng​pào

to spout hot air

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

放空炮 fàng​kōng​pào to spout hot air

(literal) to fire blank shots; (figurative) to talk big, make empty promises, or be all talk and no action; to spout hot air

References

see 空炮/空炮 → 放空炮/放空炮
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