Chinese word 放空炮 meaning explanation pronunciation

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Word

Pinyin fàng kōng pào

Phonetic Notation ㄈㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥㄆㄠˋ

English(lit.) to fire blank shots, (fig.) to be all talk and no action, to shoot one's mouth off, to make empty promises

GermanyGroße Reden schwingen und keine Taten folgen lassen (Int, Sprichw), Grosse Fresse, nichts dahinter (Int, Sprichw)

◎ 放空炮 fàng kōngpào

(1) [fire blank shots]∶发射出去的炮弹未击中目标

(2) [talk big;spout hot air]∶比喻说话未达到目标

放空炮，是汉语词汇，解释为比喻说话没有目标。