言不及义

言不及義
yánbùjíyì
  1. to talk nonsense (idiom)
  2. frivolous talk

CEDICT

to never talk about anything serious; to talk frivolously

Wiktionary

只说些无聊话，没有谈到正经的道理。

重編國語辭典

从不谈论正经的道理

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 言 yán
  1. words
  2. speech
  3. to say
  4. to talk
2 不及 bùjí
  1. to fall short of
  2. not as good as
  3. too late
3 义 yì
  1. justice
  2. righteousness
  3. meaning
  4. foster (father etc)
  5. adopted
  6. artificial (tooth, limb etc)
  7. relationship
  8. friendship

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乱弹琴 luàntánqín
  1. to talk nonsense
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乱讲 luànjiǎng
  1. to talk nonsense
  2. nonsense!
哃 tóng
  1. (literary) to talk nonsense
  2. to boast
  3. (used in place names)
扯淡 chědàn to talk nonsense
扯犊子 chědúzi
  1. (dialect) to talk nonsense
  2. to chat idly
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