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to talk rubbish

胡说八道
hú shuō bā dào
h+ú·2nd tonesh+uō·1st toneb+ā·1st toned+ào·4th tone
Idiom
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Examples3 available
Tom can't stand me. "Nonsense! You're just imagining things!"
“Tom受不了我了。”“胡说八道！你在异想天开！”
They're just talking shit.
她们只是胡说八道。
You are so full of crap!
你太会胡说八道了！
Synonyms
Synonyms
babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings · double Dutch胡言乱语hú yán luàn yǔto speak without thinking (idiom) · to blurt sth out信口开河xìn kǒu kāi héto talk drivel · to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact · not to know what one is talking about瞎说xiā shuōincoherent speech · to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)语无伦次yǔ wú lún cìto speak off the cuff · to casually opine信口雌黄xìn kǒu cí huángstrange tales and absurd arguments (idiom) · unreasonable remarks奇谈怪论qí tán guài lùn