废话

fèi huà · fei hua

Traditional 廢話

Meaning

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

In a sentence

2 examples
01

别(bié)说(shuō)废(fèi)话(huà)了(le),你(nǐ)知(zhī)道(dào)那(nà)是(shì)不(bù)可(kě)能(néng)的(de)。

Don't talk nonsense, you know that's impossible.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by Shishir · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)讲(jiǎng)了(le)半(bàn)天(tiān)废(fèi)话(huà),一(yí)句(jù)有(yǒu)用(yòng)的(de)都(dōu)没(méi)有(yǒu)。

He talked nonsense for ages, and not a single useful word.

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