Chinese word dictionary

胡诌八扯

hú zhōu bā chě · to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head

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Simplified胡诌八扯

Traditional胡謅八扯

Pinyinhú zhōu bā chě

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Character breakdown

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胡hú

recklessly, foolishly; wildly

诌zhōu

to quip, to play with words, to talk nonsense

八bā

eight; all around, all sides

扯chě

to rip, to tear; to haul; casual talk

How to learn 胡诌八扯

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eight

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八成bāchéng

eighty percent; most probably; most likely

八卦bāguà

the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip; gossipy

扯chě

to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey; variant of 扯[che3]; to pull; to tear