wàng yán wàng tīngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom); sth not to be taken too seriously
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Original source entry:

妄言妄聽 妄言妄听 [wang4 yan2 wang4 ting1] /unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom); sth not to be taken too seriously/

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