kōng huà lián piāndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
long-winded empty talk
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Original source entry:

空話連篇 空话连篇 [kong1 hua4 lian2 pian1] /long-winded empty talk/

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Other forms in these source records: 空話連篇

  • 空
    kōng

    empty / air / sky / in vain

    kòng

    to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time

  • 话
    huà

    dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL:種|种[zhǒng],席[xí],句[jù],口[kǒu],番[fān]

  • 连
    lián

    to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession / including / (used with 也[yě], 都[dōu] etc) even / company (military)

    Lián

    surname Lian

  • 篇
    piān

    sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article

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