Lingaku- empty talk
- mere rhetoric
- palaver
Generated definitions (experimental)
- empty talk
- mere rhetoric
- palaver
This meaning refers to conversations or discussions that lack substance, often characterized by superficiality without any real intention to take action.
He always engages in empty talk, promising many things but never following through.
Such empty talk is disappointing to people.
This usage implies that the speech or conversation is filled with elaborate language or expressions that do not convey real meaning or commitment.
tā他de的yǎn jiǎng演讲chōng mǎn充满le了guāng dòng zuǐ光动嘴de的xiū cí修辞，tīng qi lai听起来hěn很huá lì华丽què却méi yǒu没有shí zhì实质nèi róng内容。
His speech was full of mere rhetoric; it sounded impressive but lacked substance.
This situation reflects countless examples of mere rhetoric promises.
This meaning describes lengthy and meaningless talk, often used in a critical sense to illustrate discussions that go on without achieving anything.
They engaged in palaver during the meeting, wasting a lot of time.
Instead of engaging in palaver, it would be better to take practical action.
Generated collocations (experimental)
guāng dòng zuǐ光动嘴empty talkzhī只dòng zuǐ动嘴only talk without actionguāng shuō bù liàn光说不练talk the talk but not walk the walkdòng zuǐ动嘴bù不dòng shǒu动手talking without taking actionguāng dòng zuǐ光动嘴bù不dòng nǎo动脑empty talk without thinkingkōng tán空谈lǐ lùn理论theoretical discussions with no practical applicationkǒu tóu口头chéng nuò承诺verbal commitmentshuì说dé得hǎo tīng好听pleasant-sounding wordswú wèi无谓de的zhēng lùn争论futile argumentshuá lì华丽de的cí zǎo辞藻flowery language