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废话
fèi huà
Meaning
- nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words
- You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
Definition
没有实际意义或价值的话；多余的话。
Nonsense; meaningless or redundant words.
Usage
通常用于指责对方说得话没有实质性内容或信息量，也可用于自谦。
Often used to accuse someone of speaking without substance or new information, or used humbly by the speaker about their own words.
Examples
- 1 别说废话了，直接说重点吧。 (Stop talking nonsense, just get to the point.)
- 2 他说的全是废话，一点帮助都没有。 (Everything he said was nonsense, no help at all.)
- 3 我这就是废话，您别往心里去。 (This is just my rambling, don't take it to heart.)
- 4 开会时大家都在说废话，浪费时间。 (Everyone was talking nonsense at the meeting, wasting time.)
- 5 这本书里很多废话，读起来很累。 (There is a lot of filler in this book, making it tiring to read.)
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