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空口說白話 (hung1 hau2 syut3 baak6 waa2) — to make empty promises in Cantonese

hungˉ¹空hauˊ²口syut˗₃說baakˍ₆白waaˊ²話
简 空口说白话
Mandarin Pinyin: kong1 kou3 shuo1 bai2 hua4

Meaning of 空口說白話

nounto make empty promises

Characters in 空口說白話

空hung1
sky; space; air
口hau2
edge or blade of a knife
說syut3
speak; talk; say; tell
白baak6
the spoken part in an opera, etc.
話waa6
talk; speak; tell

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