废话

fèihuà

nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)

nounverb HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 廢話

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废
  • 半途而废bàntú’érfèito give up halfway (idiom)B7
  • 报废bàofèito scrapB7
  • 废fèito abolishB7
  • 废除fèichúto abolishB7
  • 废品fèipǐnproduction rejectsB7
  • 废弃fèiqìto discardB7
  • 废寝忘食fèiqǐn-wàngshí(idiom) to skip one's sleep and mealsB7
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这都是废话。

This is all nonsense.

废话少说。

Cut the nonsense.