hú zhōu bā chědictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) to talk random nonsense; to say whatever comes into one's head
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Original source entry:

胡謅八扯 胡诌八扯 [hu2 zhou1 ba1 che3] /(idiom) to talk random nonsense; to say whatever comes into one's head/

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